Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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Release date: October 28, 1991
Duration: 123 minutes
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Overview

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

Starring

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Otto Preminger
Self (archive footage)
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Burgess Meredith
Narrator (voice)
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Saul Bass
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