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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 19, 1990

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Production Companies

Eagle Rock Entertainment, Thirteen, Sundance Institute

Director

Eugene Corr

Description

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.