Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 19, 2015

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

Production Companies

Fiction FACTory Filmproduktion, Kino Lorber

Director

Robert Fischer

Description

Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in what is probably the actor’s finest dramatic role, airshow pilot turned crop duster turned bank robber turned mob target Charley Varrick. This feature-length documentary takes the viewer back to the time of the shooting of this cult item and features original interviews with Siegel’s son, Kristoffer Tabori, actors Andy Robinson and Jacqueline Scott, stunt driver and actor Craig R. Baxley, composer Lalo Schifrin and Howard A. Rodman, whose father co-wrote the screenplay.