Hal
Directed byAmy Scott
Produced byChristine Beebe
Lisa Janssen
Jonathan Lynch
Brian Morrow
Distributed byOscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • January 2018 (2018-01) (Sundance)
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
[1]
Running time
88 min [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby.[3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories[4] on September 7, 2018.[5]

Summary

The film is a celebration of his life and work set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in filmmaking. Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry.[6]

Reception

Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018"[7] and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival".[8]

It earned a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work."[9]

It was nominated for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The shallow Hal skims the career of the director of Harold and Maude and Being There-AV Club
  2. ↑ FilmAffinity
  3. ↑ Minow, Nell. "Hal Movie Review & Film Summary (2018) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
  4. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (20 March 2018). "Hal Ashby Documentary 'Hal' Will Get Theatrical Bow Via Oscilloscope".
  5. ↑ "Review: HAL, Tribute to a Lasting Cinematic Legacy". ScreenAnarchy. 6 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hal Movie (2018): Apr. 28, 2018 - added Amy Scott as director to credits". Movie Insider. 28 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Fear, David (12 December 2018). "10 Best Documentaries of 2018". Rolling Stone.
  8. ↑ "Sundance 2018: The best films of this year's festival". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Hal (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ "All Motion Picture and TV Nominations for 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac - Producers Guild of America". Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
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