The Last Movie Stars (2022)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Last Movie Stars is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Max Amazon Channel, Max
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Cast & Crew.
George Clooney
Paul Newman
Paul Newman
self (archive footage)
Emily Wachtel
Creator / Producer
Joanne Woodward
self (archive footage)
Amy Entelis
Executive Producer
Courtney Sexton
Executive Producer
Laura Linney
Joanne Woodward
Mario Andretti
Co-Producer
Lisa Long Adler
Producer
Ryan Hawke
Producer
Adam Gibbs
Producer
Hamilton Leithauser
Original Music Composer
Joe Rudge
Music Supervisor
Ethan Hawke
Self
Stewart Stern
Writer
Mark Sean Haynes
Post Production Supervisor
Barry Poltermann
Editor
Ewan McGregor
Self
Paul Schrader
Self
Richard Linklater
Self
Martin Scorsese
Executive Producer / Self
David Letterman
Self
Maya Hawke
Self
Josh Hamilton
George Roy Hill (voice) / Self
Billy Crudup
Self / James Goldstone (voice)
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Maude Brink (voice) / Self
Bobby Cannavale
Self / Elia Kazan (voice)
Brooks Ashmanskas
Gore Vidal (voice) / Self
Sam Rockwell
Self / Stuart Rosenberg (voice)
Alessandro Nivola
Robert Redford (voice) / Self
Zoe Kazan
Jackie McDonald (voice) / Self
Sterlin Harjo
Robert Altman (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 21, 2022
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Last Movie Stars is an American documentary television miniseries created by Emily Wachtel and directed by Ethan Hawke. All six episodes of the series were released on HBO Max on July 21, 2022. After discovering transcripts of interviews conducted at Paul Newman's request for an abandoned memoir project, a daughter of Newman and Joanne Woodward asked Hawke to tell their story, personally and as artists. Hawke assembled actors to read pieces of the interviews, conducted and edited by writer Stewart Stern, including interviews with Newman and Woodward. The marriage spanned 50 years and was often cited as one of the great Hollywood successful marriages and love stories.
The series takes an unusual approach to telling Newman and Woodward's story, unfolding decades of material and dramatizing interview transcriptions to create a narrative around their relationship and evolving acting careers. Hawke described their influence in shifting acting styles to a more nuanced and natural approach: "Their generation changed American acting. What happened in the fifties with the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams is a pivot point in the history of performance. It radically changed the way that we tell stories and we're still reacting to it." Paul Newman was a member of and studied with the Actors Studio. Joanne Woodward also studied at the Actors Studio and worked with Sanford Meisner in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where they met many of those interviewed for this documentary.
Many of the older interviews with friends and artistic collaborators are read by the cast over archival footage. Recent interviews with all three of their daughters as well as Sally Field and Martin Scorsese are included.
The interviews were the basis for Newman's posthumously published 2022 memoir, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man.