Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman | |
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Directed by | John Boorman |
Produced by |
Paula Jalfon Steve Jenkins Colin MacCabe David Sehring |
Edited by |
Ron Davis James Finlan |
Music by | Richie Buckley |
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Distributed by | BBC |
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Running time | 50 minutes [1] |
Countries |
United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman is a British-American documentary film directed by English filmmaker John Boorman about American actor Lee Marvin (1924-1987).
English filmmaker John Boorman, who directed Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968), embarks on a quest to understand the man who had such a profound effect on his own life and work. [1] [2]
The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 1998. It was then broadcast on the BBC on 17 November 1998.