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5 days ago · Movies Lists Hal Ashby. Even though he came to prominence during the renowned late ’60s-’70s “New Hollywood” era, Hal Ashby never really attained the widespread adulation that peers like Martin...
Jun 27, 2024 · In celebration of disability pride month, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on COMING HOME (1978), the Oscar®-winning Hal Ashby film that takes place at a VA hospital during the Vietnam War. Included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list of the greatest love stories of all time, COMING HOME explores the lives of soldiers who return from battle with profound physical and psychological ...
3 days ago · Towne co-wrote the Hal Ashby-directed dramedy with “Vision Quest” writer Darryl Ponicsan about two Navy men tasked with escorting a young criminal to prison.
Jun 19, 2024 · The Last Detail is Jack Nicholson's most underrated performance, and an incredible 70s dramedy from Hal Ashby.
- Thomas Butt
- Jack Nicholson
- Hal Ashby
Jun 9, 2024 · Hal Ashby's film The Last Detail inspired director Richard Linklater's 2017 film Last Flag Flying. Both films highlight the mistreatment of American veterans and the...
- Liam Gaughan
- Yul Vazquez
- Richard Linklater
Jun 28, 2024 · One director who perhaps exemplifies this renaissance the best, is Hal Ashby. Unsurprisingly, the most prominent thematic styles featured in the Hollywood Renaissance era closely mirrored the values and views of the greater American youth culture of the time, who made up the films’ target audience.
3 days ago · Fellini, Bergman, and Truffaut, for instance, inspired Americans like John Cassavetes and Hal Ashby to make some of their most unique and cherished films of the decade. The top directors of the 1970s made some defining works of art during the period.
