A Fuller Life (2013)

6.6/10 80 min Documentary

Overview

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.

Cast

Samuel Fuller

Self

James Franco

Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")

Jennifer Beals

Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

Bill Duke

Self - Reader (segment "Freelance")

Wim Wenders

Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")

Constance Towers

Self - Reader (segment "Grab 'Em. Slap 'Em. Shake 'Em up.")

William Friedkin

Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")

Joe Dante

Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")

Mark Hamill

Self - Reader (segment "The Big Red One: Griff")

Tim Roth

Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")

Robert Carradine

Self - Reader (segment "The Big Red One: Zab")

Monte Hellman

Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")

Buck Henry

Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness")

James Toback

Self - Reader (segment "Chaos & Bewilderment")

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