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Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Director for Coming Home (1978). Other films directed by Ashby include The Landlord (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), and Being There (1979).
From there he delivered a series of well-acted, intelligent human scaled dramas that included The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Coming Home (1978) and Being There (1979). Great reviews and Oscar nominations became common on Ashby films.
Aug 25, 2023 · Let’s take a look back at all 12 of his films, ranked worst to best. Born on September 2, 1929 in Utah, Ashby ambled around before becoming an apprentice editor for Robert Swink, working for...
1. The Landlord. 1970 1h 52m PG. 6.9 (3.1K) Rate. 75 Metascore. Naïve 29-year-old Elgar Enders buys a building in a black Brooklyn ghetto to evict the tenants and upgrade it. But instead, he grows fond of the tenants and falls in love with a mixed-race girl while his wealthy parents disapprove.
Mar 18, 2024 · Although comedies were his specialty, Ashby's movies cover a range of genres, from war drama to biopics, and are often shot through with melancholy.
Sep 18, 2018 · Hal Ashby directed a number of exceptional movies, from Harold and Maude to Being There to Shampoo. But which Ashby film is the best?
8 titles. 1. Harold and Maude (1971) PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance. 7.9. Rate. 62 Metascore. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Votes: 81,782. Watch on Prime Video.
Over the next 16 years, Ashby directed several acclaimed and popular films, many were about outsiders and adventurers traversing the pathways of life. Aside from Shampoo, Ashby's most commercially successful film was the Vietnam War drama Coming Home (1978).
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Hal Ashby Active - 1965 - 2018 | Born - Sep 2, 1929 in Ogden, Utah, United States | Died - Dec 27, 1988 | Genres - Comedy , Drama , Music