Being There
1980
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William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide ranging films featuring iconic performances.
Hal Ashby. Editor: In the Heat of the Night. Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929.
Hal Ashby. Editor: In the Heat of the Night. Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer.
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 ...
Sep 6, 2018 · Hal Ashby’s American Pictures: The Realistic Magic of the 1970s’ Finest Director. With a new documentary about the often overlooked filmmaker about to hit theaters, we revisit the life...
Sep 6, 2018 · Ashby — who died at 59 in 1988 and whose films include “Being There” — remains another constant, a mainstay in a group that stormed the old studios in the late 1960s, changing...
Sep 2, 2015 · A look back on cinema of the 1970s wouldn’t be complete without considering the work of countercultural icon and filmmaking legend Hal Ashby. From 1970 to 1979, the notoriously bearded and ...
Dec 20, 1971 · Harold and Maude: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
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?
May 6, 2011 · Beginning this evening, Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek is putting on the “Movies by Hal Ashby,” a retrospective of his work (including some of the films he edited) which runs May 6—24. While ...
