Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick - The Life and Times of William A. Wellman

there is a better documentary available and it includes this!
This is an Okay documentary on the great William A Wellman, but a better one exits and was done by Turner Films as well....narrated by Sydney Pollack it features an extended interview with Mr Wellman himself for the whole hour!! That documentary part of The Men Who Made Films series is available on DVD along with this documentary as a bonus Disc on the DVD set Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume Three (Other Men's Women / The Purchase Price / Frisco Jenny / Midnight Mary / Heroes for Sale / Wild Boys of the Road) which contains about a half dozen films that Wellman also directed!! If you are a fan it is the best way to go and as I said includes this documentary along with what I think anybody would view as a superior one. The description that this is the first time this is available on DVD isn't the truth.

Great documentary about a great film director
This is a documentary I saw on TCM, loved it and had to have it. It chronicles the life of legendary director William Wellman who is one of my idols and whose films dominated Hollywood for over 50 years beginning with one of his earliest films, "Wings," that was the first film to win the Best Picture Oscar. I got it because of my personal interest in Wellman but given the fact that his career pretty much covered most of the history of Hollywood, this film also serves as a pretty good short course in film history and appreciation.

Wonderful movie,
If you like the movies, meet the winner of the first Oscar for best picture. But the studio did not invite Bill to the ceremonies! Why? Buy the documentary. Truly a star studded cast. Eastwood, Redford, Portier, Wayne and dozens of others!

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