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Film / 2013
Salinger
Directed by
Shane Salerno
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
The story
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Cast
Michael McdermottSelf - Photojournalist
A. E. HotchnerSelf - Writer
Jean MillerSelf - Salinger's Friend
Gore VidalSelf - Writer
Tom WolfeSelf - Writer
John GuareSelf - Playwright
Philip Seymour HoffmanSelf - Actor
Martin SheenSelf - Actor
Harvey JasonSelf - Rare Bookseller
Paul AlexanderSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Richard StaytonSelf - Book Editor
Robert TowneSelf - Screenwriter
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A. Scott BergSelf - Writer
Michael ClarksonSelf - Salinger's Fan
E. L. DoctorowSelf - Writer
David ShieldsSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Don CongdonSelf - Book Editor
Leila Hadley LuceSelf - Salinger's Friend
Ben YagodaSelf - New Yorker Biographer
John UnrueSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Jay NeugeborenSelf - Writer
Thomas KunkelSelf - New Yorker Biographer
Jane ScovellSelf - O. O'Neill's Biographer
Mark HowlandSelf - Teacher
David RoderickSelf - D-Day Veteran
Alex KershawSelf - War Historian
John FitzgeraldSelf - Son of P. Fitzgerald, CIC
Sean HemingwaySelf - E. Hemingway's Grandson
Ethel NelsonSelf - Salinger's Friend
Jonathan SchwartzSelf - Writer
David Victor HarrisSelf - L. Fosburgh's Widower
Jack WenkeSelf - Writer
Deborah Dash MooreSelf - War Historian
Elizabeth FrankSelf - Writer
Robert AbzugSelf - Holocaust Historian
Eberhard AlsenSelf - Writer
Michael SilverblattSelf - Literary Critic
John RomanoSelf - Screenwriter
David HuddleSelf - Writer
Phoebe HobanSelf - Writer
Himan BrownSelf - TV Producer
John LeggettSelf - Writer
Edward NortonSelf - Actor
Marc WeingartenSelf - Writer
Geraldine McGowanSelf - Writer
John CusackSelf - Actor
Judd ApatowSelf - Filmmaker
Ved MehtaSelf - Writer
Glenn Gordon CaronSelf - Writer
Tony BillSelf - Filmmaker
Ted RussellSelf - Photographer
Chris KubicaSelf - Writer
Joyce MaynardSelf - Writer
Stephen SpiroSelf - NYPD Officer
Fred FogoSelf - Writer
Jay MartinSelf - Pyschologist
J. Reid MeloySelf - Forensic Psychologist
Jon WienerSelf - Historian
Stephen J. WhitfieldSelf - Historian
Betty EppesSelf - Journalist
Stephen Adly GuirgisSelf - Playwright
Lawrence GrobelSelf - Writer
Chad ReingoldSelf - Writer
Robert BoytonSelf - Journalist
Todd Lewis BrandenburgJ. D. Salinger
Alexa RyanDrama Reconstruction Player
Julie WarnockDrama Reconstruction Player
Anthony SaviniBob Giroux
Alex BergmanThe Imaginary Friend
Zoe Vela PageDrama Reconstruction Player
Werner KleemanSelf - Salinger's Friend (archive footage)
Oona O'NeillSelf (archive footage)
J. D. SalingerSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Ernest HemingwaySelf - Writer (archive footage)
William MaxwellSelf - New Yorker Editor (archive footage)
Samuel GoldwynSelf - Film Producer (archive footage)
Margaret SalingerSelf - Salinger's Daughter (archive footage)
Mark David ChapmanSelf (archive footage)
John LennonSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Marcia ClarkSelf - Former Deputy DA (archive footage)
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