Documentaries
Mike Nichols: American Masters
Elaine May
USA 2016
54 min
V'16
Mike Nichols was a stranger in a strange land when he and his family fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and immigrated to New York. He was 7. Less than 20 years later, Nichols and improv partner Elaine May were changing the face of American comedy with their sharp, brilliant banter. Nichols had an impeccable eye for casting. “Right down to taking someone like Dustin Hoffman, who at the time was clearly not the image of a movie star,” said Schlossberg. “I think he was often able to see in [actors] what people couldn’t see, like with Cher in SILKWOOD and Ann-Margret in CARNAL KNOWLEDGE. He was able to take people who had one image and would change it around.” (Susan King)
Credits
- Michael Claeys
- Ken Hahn
- Michael Claeys
- Thomas Wagner
- Alec Baldwin
- Steven Spielberg
- Meryl Streep
- Tom Hanks
- Dustin Hoffmann
- Paul Simon
- Matthew Broderick
- Frank Langella
Jumer Productions Inc., Witnesses Documentary Productions LLC, Bennington Productions Inc., Thirteen Productions LLC
FilmRise
DCP
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