On Cukor (2000)

7.0/10 85 min Documentary

Overview

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues to provide a picture of the director’s unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his career.

Cast

George Cukor

Self (archive footage)

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Jean Simmons

Narrator

Mia Farrow

Self

Angela Lansbury

Self

Jack Lemmon

Self

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Walter Bernstein

Self

Claire Bloom

Self

Signe Hasso

Self

Fay Kanin

Self

Richard Schickel

Self

Shelley Winters

Self

Judy Holliday

Various roles (archive footage)

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