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"American Masters" Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1989)
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Scénariste:
Todd McCarthy (writer)
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Date de diffusion originale:
1989
Genre:
Documentaire | Biographie | Histoire | Musique | Romance suite
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Récompenses:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination suite
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A Vital Documentary For Lovers Of Good Comedy plus de (1 total)
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(Episode Casting officiel complet) | Fritz Weaver | ... | Narrator |
| Eddie Bracken | ... | Himself |
| Thomas Quinn Curtiss | ... | Himself - Film Historian and Friend (as Thomas Quinn Curtis) |
| Edwin Gillette | ... | Himself |
 | Betty Hutton | ... | Herself |
| A.C. Lyles | ... | Himself - Paramount Producer |
| Joel McCrea | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Frances Ramsden | ... | Herself - Actress and Friend |
 | Cesar Romero | ... | Himself |
| Andrew Sarris | ... | Himself - Film Critic (archive footage) |
 | Paul Schrader | ... | Himself |
| Sandy Sturges | ... | Herself - Mrs. Preston Sturges |
| Priscilla Bonner | ... | Herself - Family Friend (as Priscilla B. Woolfan) |
| Rudy Vallee | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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USA:76 min
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Available as a bonus feature on the Criterion DVD release of Sullivan's Travels (1941). suite
Connexions De Film:
figurer The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) suite
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If any documentary needs to be shown regularly on TV in the English speaking world, this one certainly does. People - especially those who love good comedy - need to be turned on to Preston Sturges, and this will do it for them. Their lives will never be the same!
I remember seeing it on TV here in the UK many years ago, and not knowing who Preston Sturges was, I never recorded it. Damn!! I had to wait over ten years before I managed to see it again as an extra on the Criterion Collection DVD of Sullivan's Travels.
Luckily though, that first viewing heralded a short season of Preston Sturges movies as a Christmas treat on the BBC, so I did manage to record five of his best movies within the same number of days. That's the sort of Christmas we should always enjoy. "I'm dreaming of a Sturges Christmas"
The documentary gives a good account of the life and work of Preston Sturges. It makes it clear how he broke through the demarcation of roles in Hollywood studios, and made it possible for himself and people like Billy Wilder to direct their own scripts, and produce comedy movies with a original vision and point of view.
There are familiar but well chosen clips of his famous movies, but there's also bits from the earlier movies he wrote for other directors. But the big story told by the talking heads is the rise and fall of Sturges, as he went from writing, directing, and producing movies of true genius to essentially a has-been within only a few years.
Watching this documentary may not be as good as watching one of Preston Sturges' best movies, but it certainly beats most movies, and remains worth repeated viewings for me.