Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

7.2/10 • 57 min • Documentary

Overview

Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

Cast

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Mary Davenport

Jennifer Salt

Jerome Hellman

James Leo Herlihy

Dustin Hoffman

Ring Lardner Jr.

George Litto

Robert Redford

John Schlesinger

Jon Voight

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