- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index
Being There
Being There
- Chapter:
- (p.216) 18 Being There
- Source:
- Being Hal Ashby
- Author(s):
Nick Dawson
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter examines Hal Ashby's directorial job for the film Being There. It describes Ashby's directorial approach to the film, his relationship with the cast and the cast's opinion about his style and work attitude. This chapter explains that while Ashby was shooting Being There, United Artists had been enthusiastically publicizing Coming Home in the buildup to awards season. The film won several Academy Awards including Best Director for Ashby.
Keywords: Hal Ashby, Being There, Coming Home, United Artists, Academy Awards, Best Director
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index