These Amazing Shadows (2011) - Credits and Details

These Amazing Shadows Credits and Details

Directed by
	Paul Mariano
	Kurt Norton
Written by
	Douglas Blush
	Paul Mariano	...	written by
	Kurt Norton	...	written by
Cast
	Jeff Adachi	...	Self
	James H. Billington	...	Self
	Robin Blaetz	...	Self
	Brooks Boliek	...	Self
	Ernest Borgnine	...	Self (archive footage)
	Charles Burnett	...	Self
	Jay Carr	...	Self
	Martin Cohen	...	Self
	Peter Coyote	...	Self
	Arlene Damron	...	Self
	Julie Dash	...	Self
	Allen Daviau	...	Self
	Caleb Deschanel	...	Self
	Zooey Deschanel	...	Self
	Kristine Fong	...	Self
	Robert A. Harris	...	Self
	Amy Heckerling	...	Self
	Jan-Christopher Horak	...	Self
	Jennifer Horne	...	Self
	Gale Anne Hurd	...	Self
	Steve James	...	Self
	Barry Jenkins	...	Self
	Barbara Kopple
	Mick LaSalle	...	Self
	John Lasseter	...	Self
	Stephen Leggett	...	Self
	Heather Linville	...	Self
	Patrick Loughney	...	Self
	John Magary	...	Self
	Leonard Maltin	...	Self
	Roger Mayer	...	Self
	Farran Smith Nehme	...	Self
	Christopher Nolan	...	Self
	Stephen Peck	...	Self
	Jennifer Phang	...	Self
	Rick Prelinger	...	Self
	John Ptak	...	Self
	Rob Reiner	...	Self
	Del Reisman	...	Self
	Debbie Reynolds	...	Self
	Robert Rosen	...	Self (as Prof. Robert Rosen)
	Tim Roth	...	Self
	James Schamus	...	Self
	Paul Schrader	...	Self
	Eric J. Schwartz	...	Self
	John Singleton	...	Self
	Anthony Slide	...	Self
	Michael Smith	...	Self
	Shelley Stamp	...	Self
	Liz Stanley	...	Self
	James Stewart	...	Self (archive footage)
	George Takei	...	Self
	Wayne Wang	...	Self
	John Waters	...	Self
	John Wayne	...	Self (archive footage)
	George R. Willeman	...	Self
	Jan Yarbrough	...	Self
	Kevin Yost	...	Self
Uncredited Cast
	Brooke Adams	...	Abby (clip from Days of Heaven (1978)) (archive footage)
	Phillip Alford	...	Jem (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage)
	Woody Allen	...	Self (archive footage)
	Sara Allgood	...	Mrs. Morgan (clip from How Green Was My Valley (1941)) (archive footage)
	Marian Anderson	...	Self (clip from Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939)) (archive footage)
	Robert J. Anderson	...	Little George (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Dana Andrews	...	Fred Derry (archive footage)
	Brian Avery	...	Carl Smith (clip from The Graduate (1967)) (archive footage)
	Lew Ayres	...	Paul (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage)
	Jim Backus	...	Frank Stark (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage)
	Mary Badham	...	Scout (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage)
	Lucille Ball	...	Bubbles (clip from Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)) (archive footage)
	Warren Beatty	...	Clyde Barrow (archive footage)
	Noah Beery Jr.	...	Buster McGee (clip from Red River (1948)) (archive footage)
	John Belushi	...	John Blutarsky (clip from Animal House (1978)) (archive footage)
	Ingrid Bergman	...	Alicia Huberman (archive footage)
	Clara Blandick	...	Auntie Em (archive footage)
	Ray Bolger	...	'Hunk' (archive footage)
	Ward Bond	...	Detective Tom Polhaus (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) (archive footage)
	Barry Bostwick	...	Brad Majors (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage)
	Henry Brandon	...	Scar (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage)
	Virginia Brissac	...	Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage)
	J. Edward Bromberg	...	Don Luis Quintero (clip from The Mark of Zorro (1940)) (archive footage)
	James Brown	...	Self (clip from The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)) (archive footage)
	Tommy Bupp	...	Norman Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage)
	Billie Burke	...	Glinda (archive footage)
	James Cagney	...	George M. Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage)
	Nell Campbell	...	Columbia (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage)
	George Chakiris	...	Bernardo (archive footage)
	Morris Chestnut	...	Ricky Baker (archive footage)
	Montgomery Clift	...	Matt Garth (archive footage)
	Colin Clive	...	Henry Frankenstein (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage)
	Ronald Colman	...	Lord Darlington (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) (archive footage)
	Gary Cooper	...	Marshal Will Kane (archive footage)
	Miriam Cooper	...	Margaret Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Joseph Cotten	...	Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
	Buster Crabbe	...	Flash Gordon (clip from Flash Gordon (1936)) (archive footage)
	Ice Cube	...	Dougboy / Darren (clip from Boyz n the Hood (1991)) (archive footage)
	Peter Cushing	...	Grand Moff Tarkin (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage)
	Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage)
	Jane Darwell	...	Ma Joad (clip from The Grapes of Wrath (1940)) (archive footage)
	Bette Davis	...	Margo (archive footage)
	Jose De Vega	...	Chino (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage)
	King Donovan	...	Jack Belicec (clip from Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956)) (archive footage)
	Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Carol Stark (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage)
	Keir Dullea	...	Dr. Dave Bowman (clip from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)) (archive footage)
	Douglass Dumbrille	...	Brody (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage)
	Faye Dunaway	...	Bonnie Parker (archive footage)
	Liam Dunn	...	Rev. Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	George Dzundza	...	John (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) (archive footage)
	Alphonse Ethier	...	Cragg (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage)
	Tom Fadden	...	Tollhouse Keeper (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Frank Faylen	...	Ernie (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	W.C. Fields	...	Harold Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage)
	Peter Finch	...	Howard Beale (archive footage)
	Laurence Fishburne	...	Furious Styles (archive footage)
	Errol Flynn	...	Robin Hood (clip from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)) (archive footage)
	Miloš Forman	...	Self (archive footage)
	Douglas Fowley	...	Roscoe Dexter (clip from Singin' in the Rain (1952)) (archive footage)
	Michael J. Fox	...	Marty McFly (clip from Back to the Future (1985)) (archive footage)
	Anthony Franciosa	...	Joey DePalma (clip from A Face in the Crowd (1957)) (archive footage)
	Fraunie Fraunholz	...	Fraunie (clip from Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)) (archive footage)
	Dwight Frye	...	Fritz (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage)
	Jeanne Gail	...	Little Mary (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Lillian Gish	...	Elsie (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Tre Styles (archive footage)
	Cary Grant	...	Devlin (archive footage)
	Charley Grapewin	...	Uncle Henry (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage)
	Charles Gray	...	The Criminologist (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage)
	Karolyn Grimes	...	Zuzu (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Georgia Hale	...	Georgia (clip from The Gold Rush (1925)) (archive footage)
	Jack Haley	...	'Hickory' (archive footage)
	Charles Halton	...	Carter (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Margaret Hamilton	...	Miss Gulch (archive footage)
	Theresa Harris	...	Chico (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage)
	Katharine Hepburn	...	Amanda Bonner (clip from Adam's Rib (1949)) (archive footage)
	John Hillerman	...	Howard Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Dustin Hoffman	...	Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (clip from Tootsie (1982)) (archive footage)
	Maynard Holmes	...	Pratt - Personnel Office (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage)
	Kathleen Howard	...	Amelia Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage)
	David Huddleston	...	Olson Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Jeffrey Hunter	...	Martin Pawley (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage)
	Boris Karloff	...	The Monster (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage)
	Todd Karns	...	Harry Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Alex Karras	...	Mongo (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Suzie Kaye	...	Rosalia (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage)
	John F. Kennedy	...	Self - President of the United States of America (clip from Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)) (archive footage)
	Harvey Korman	...	Hedley Lamarr (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Alan Ladd	...	Shane (clip from Shane (1953)) (archive footage)
	Bert Lahr	...	'Zeke' (archive footage)
	Patrick Leahy	...	Self - U.S. Senator (archive footage)
	Ralph Lewis	...	Hon. Austin Stoneman (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Cleavon Little	...	Bart (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Walter Long	...	Gus (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Myrna Loy	...	Milly Stephenson (archive footage)
	Mae Marsh	...	Flora Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Groucho Marx	...	Rufus T. Firefly (clip from Duck Soup (1933)) (archive footage)
	May McAvoy	...	Lady Windermere (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) (archive footage)
	Betsy A. McLane	...	Self (archive footage)
	John Megna	...	Dill Harris (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage)
	Frank Morgan	...	Professor Marvel (archive footage)
	James Murray	...	Brakeman (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage)
	Taylor Negron	...	Pizza Guy (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage)
	Kim Novak	...	Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton (clip from Vertigo (1958)) (archive footage)
	Bill Nunn	...	Radio Raheem (clip from Do the Right Thing (1989)) (archive footage)
	Richard O'Brien	...	Riff Raff (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage)
	Cathy O'Donnell	...	Wilma Cameron (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage)
	Maureen O'Hara	...	Judy O'Brien (archive footage)
	Peter O'Toole	...	Lawrence (archive footage)
	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	...	Self - First Lady of the United States of America (clip from Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)) (archive footage)
	Collin Wilcox Paxton	...	Mayella Violet Ewell (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage)
	Slim Pickens	...	Maj. 'King' Kong (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) (archive footage)
	Sidney Poitier	...	Virgil Tibbs (archive footage)
	Mrs. Tyrone Power	...	Mrs. Richard Walton (clip from Where Are My Children? (1916)) (archive footage)
	Tyrone Power	...	Diego (archive footage)
	David Prowse	...	Darth Vader (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage)
	Patricia Quinn	...	Magenta (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage)
	Donna Reed	...	Mary Hatch (archive footage)
	Judge Reinhold	...	Brad Hamilton (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage)
	Jean Rogers	...	Dale Arden (clip from Flash Gordon (1936)) (archive footage)
	Harold Russell	...	Homer Parrish (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage)
	Robert Ryan	...	Thornton (archive footage)
	Susan Sarandon	...	Janet Weiss - A Heroine (archive footage)
	John Savage	...	Steven (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) (archive footage)
	George C. Scott	...	General George S. Patton Jr. (archive footage)
	Harry Shearer	...	Derek Smalls (clip from This is Spinal Tap (1984)) (archive footage)
	Barbara Stanwyck	...	Lily (archive footage)
	Slim Summerville	...	Tjaden (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage)
	Buddy Swan	...	Charles Foster Kane, age eight (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) (archive footage)
	Marian Swayne	...	Marian (clip from Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)) (archive footage)
	Terry	...	Toto (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage)
	Henry Thomas	...	Elliott (clip from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) (archive footage)
	Spencer Tracy	...	Adam Bonner (archive footage)
	Henry Travers	...	Clarence (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage)
	Ted Turner	...	Self (archive footage)
	Gus Visser	...	Self (clip from Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925)) (archive footage)
	Erich von Stroheim	...	Max Von Mayerling (clip from Sunset Boulevard (1950)) (archive footage)
	Christopher Walken	...	Nick (archive footage)
	Ray Walston	...	Mr. Hand (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage)
	Henry B. Walthall	...	Col. Ben Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage)
	Gene Wilder	...	Jim (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage)
	Yvonne Wilder	...	Consuelo (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage)
	Yvonne Williams	...	Yvonne (clip from The Exiles (1961)) (archive footage)
	Louis Wolheim	...	Kat (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage)
	Lana Wood	...	Younger Debbie Edwards (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage)
	Hank Worden	...	Mose Harper (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage)
	Fay Wray	...	Ann Darrow (clip from King Kong (1933)) (archive footage)
	Dana Wynter	...	Becky Driscoll (clip from Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956)) (archive footage)
	Amanda Wyss	...	Lisa (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage)
Produced by
	Douglas Blush	...	associate producer
	Suzanne Chapot	...	executive producer
	Barbara Grandvoinet	...	line producer
	Paul Mariano	...	producer
	Audree Norton	...	executive producer
	Kurt Norton	...	producer
	Christine O'Malley	...	producer
Original Music by
	Peter Golub
Visual Effects by
	Brian Oakes	...	director of motion graphics
Thanks
	Denise Bostrom	...	special thanks
	Sheryl Cannady	...	special thanks
	Basia Countway	...	special thanks
	Patrick Creadon	...	special thanks
	Sarah Jackson	...	special thanks
	Theodore James	...	special thanks
	Lisa J. Klein	...	special thanks

Additional Info
Premiere:	January 22, 2011
DVD Release:	November 22, 2011
Blu-ray Release:	November 22, 2011
Country:
Distributor:	PBS
Websites:

Ratings
7.6 / 10

Production Companies
Gravitas Docufilms

Distributors
IFC Films (2011) (United States)
ITVS International (2011) (United States) (TV)
PBS Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Bay Area, San Francisco, California, USA
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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