Directed by:
Mark WexlerComposer:
Blake LeyhPlots(1)
Mark Wexler's cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler, whose long and illustrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th-century classics. Haskell's collaborations with such world-class filmmakers as Elia Kazan, Milos Forman, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Mike Nichols include such works as Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, American Graffiti, Coming Home, Bound for Glory and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The film features interviews with many of these artists, along with such luminaries as Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Sidney Poitier. But the true "star" of TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE is Haskell himself, a controversial, larger-than-life character who challenges his son's filmmaking skills while announcing with complete conviction that he could have done a better job directing most of the movies he's shot. As these two men swap positions on camera and behind it - sometimes shooting one another simultaneously - the film looks with honesty and compassion at their attempts to reconcile before it's too late. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Haskell Wexler
USA
Best movies:
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Medium Cool (1969)
Michael Douglas
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Falling Down (1993)
Dennis Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
C'est l'apocalypse (1979)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
Jane Fonda
USA
Best movies:
On Golden Pond (1981)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Julia Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
Wonder (2017)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
John Sayles
USA
Best movies:
Matewan (1987)
Passion Fish (1992)
Gridlock'd (1997)
Lee Tamahori
New Zealand
Best movies:
Me and Will (1999)
Martin Sheen
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
C'est l'apocalypse (1979)
The Departed (2006)
Miloš Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silvery Wind (1954)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Vintage Car (1956)
Jonathan Winters
USA
Best movies:
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Viva Max! (1969)
Albert Maysles
USA
Irvin Kershner
USA
Best movies:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Angus (1995)
On Deadly Ground (1994)
Elia Kazan
Best movies:
City for Conquest (1940)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Norman Jewison
Canada
Best movies:
The Stupids (1996)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Ron Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
American Graffiti (1973)
Le Dernier des géants (1976)
Peter Bart
USA
Best movies:
Verna Bloom
USA
Best movies:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
Honkytonk Man (1982)