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- The Directors (1997–2008)
- TV Series | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
The Directors (1997–2008)
TV Series
|
60 min
|
Documentary, Biography
A documentary series focusing on some of cinema's greatest film directors.
Director
Writer
Producer
Robert J. Emery
(producer)
Cinematographers
Robert J. Emery
(photographed by)
|
Dan Eriksen
|
Jeff Lind
(photographed by)
|
John A. Brackett Jr.
&
25 more
Editor
Status
Cast | + Add Cast |
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| Name | Episodes | Known for |
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Harrison Ford
Self - Interviewee
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7
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Dave Mann
Self - Voice Over Announcer / Self - Narrator
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6
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Tom Hanks
Self
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5
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Meryl Streep
Self
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4
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Jon Voight
Self
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4
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Anthony Hopkins
Self
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4
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Rod Steiger
Self
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4
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Ron Howard
Self
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3
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Jeff Bridges
Self - Jack Lucas
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3
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Andy Garcia
Self
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3
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Jerry Bruckheimer
Self
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3
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self - Interviewee
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3
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Kevin Bacon
Self
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3
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Morgan Freeman
Self
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3
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Annette Bening
Self
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3
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Steve Martin
Self
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3
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Laura Dern
Self - Interviewee
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3
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Sissy Spacek
Self
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3
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Dustin Hoffman
Self
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3
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Brad Pitt
Self
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3
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Jeff Goldblum
Self - Interviewee
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3
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Kevin Kline
Self - Interviewee
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3
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Woody Harrelson
Self
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3
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Bill Pullman
Self - Interviewee
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3
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Jeff Neal
Self - Announcer
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3
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Matthew Modine
Self
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2
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Ed Harris
Self
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2
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2
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David Morse
Self
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2
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Kevin Smith
Self
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2
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Roger Corman
Self
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2
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Carl Franklin
Self
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2
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Dennis Hopper
Self
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2
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Michael McKean
Self
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2
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Jack Lemmon
Self - Interviewee
|
2
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Martin Scorsese
Self
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2
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Johnny Depp
Self - Raoul Duke / Self - Edward Scissorhands / Self - Ed Wood / Self - Ichabod Crane (archive footage)
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2
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James Woods
Self
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2
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Michael Douglas
Self
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2
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Ossie Davis
Self
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2
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Joe Mantegna
Self
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2
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Rob Reiner
Self
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2
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James Cameron
Self
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2
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Michael Keaton
Self
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2
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William H. Macy
Self
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2
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Nora Ephron
Self
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2
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Lauren Bacall
Self
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2
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Penelope Ann Miller
Self - Interviewee
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2
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Lena Olin
Self
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2
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Adrienne Barbeau
Self
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2
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Martin Landau
Self
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2
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Jonathan Demme
Self
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2
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Liam Neeson
Self
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2
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Eric Bogosian
Self
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2
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Bruce Willis
Self - James Cole
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2
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Jim Belushi
Self (as James Belushi)
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2
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Buck Henry
Self
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2
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Jim Carrey
Self
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2
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Robin Williams
Self - Parry
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2
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Paul Newman
Self
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2
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Jerry Weintraub
Self
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2
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Reese Witherspoon
Self
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2
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Penny Marshall
Self
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2
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Garry Marshall
Self
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2
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Alec Baldwin
Self
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2
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Kathleen Turner
Self - Matty Walker / Self - Joan Wilder (archive footage)
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2
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Paul Le Mat
Self
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2
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Jean Smart
Self
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2
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Sydney Pollack
Self
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2
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Ed Begley Jr.
Self - Interviewee
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2
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Danny Aiello
Self
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2
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Shelley Duvall
Self
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2
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Clint Eastwood
Self
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2
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2
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Samuel L. Jackson
Self
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2
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Madeleine Stowe
Self
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2
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Meg Ryan
Self - Interviewee
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2
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Sally Kellerman
Self
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2
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Anthony Zerbe
Self
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2
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Tom Berenger
Self
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2
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Willem Dafoe
Self
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2
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Roy Scheider
Self
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2
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Self
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1
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Ethan Hawke
Self
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1
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Kate Hudson
Self
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1
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Will Smith
Self
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1
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Amy Madigan
Self
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1
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Thandiwe Newton
Self (as Thandie Newton)
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1
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Robert Zemeckis
Self
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1
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Richard Linklater
Self
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1
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Frank Darabont
Self
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1
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Hope Davis
Self
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1
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Patrick Swayze
Self
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1
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Stanley Tucci
Self - Interviewee
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1
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James Brolin
Self
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1
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Scott Glenn
Self
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1
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Andie MacDowell
Self
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1
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Julie Hagerty
Self
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1
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James Cromwell
Self
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1
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Antonio Banderas
Self
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1
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Michael Biehn
Self
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1
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Bruce Greenwood
Self
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1
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Michael Bay
Self
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1
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Linda Fiorentino
Self
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1
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Michael Jeter
Self
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1
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Martin Lawrence
Self
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1
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Elias Koteas
Self
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1
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Julie Delpy
Self
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1
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Ian Holm
Self
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1
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Barbara Hershey
Self
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1
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Chazz Palminteri
Self
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1
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Sam Waterston
Self
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1
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William Friedkin
Self
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1
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Roland Emmerich
Self
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1
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Geoffrey Lewis
Self
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1
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Sheldon Leonard
Self
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1
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David Caruso
Self
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1
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Peter Fonda
Self
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1
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Bob Balaban
Self
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1
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Joanne Woodward
Self
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1
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Hal Holbrook
Self
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1
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Pat Hingle
Self
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1
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James Whitmore
Self
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1
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Donna Mills
Self
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1
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Julie Warner
Self
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1
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Alan Parker
Self
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1
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Robert Stack
Self
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1
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George A. Romero
Self
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1
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Gary Ross
Self
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1
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Philip Kaufman
Self
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1
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Peter Hyams
Self
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1
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Andrew Davis
Self
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1
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Atom Egoyan
Self
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1
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Dean Devlin
Self
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1
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David Zucker
Self
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1
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James Ivory
Self
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1
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Jerry Zucker
Self
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1
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Michael Caton-Jones
Self
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1
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Allen Garfield
Self
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1
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Jim Abrahams
Self
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1
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Irwin Winkler
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Harold Becker
Self
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1
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Martha Coolidge
Self
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1
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Scott Hicks
Self
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1
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Richard D. Zanuck
Self
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1
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Arsinée Khanjian
Self
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Jay Russell
Self
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1
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Alan Waters
Self
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1
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Robert Wise
Self
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1
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Christopher Guest
Self
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1
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Cary Elwes
Self
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1
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James Caan
Self
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1
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Sylvester Stallone
Self
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1
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Corey Feldman
Self
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1
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Mandy Patinkin
Self
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1
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Edward Norton
Self
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1
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Pierce Brosnan
Self
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1
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Billy Crystal
Self
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1
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John Cusack
Self
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1
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Wil Wheaton
Self
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1
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Diane Ladd
Self
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1
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Kristy Swanson
Self
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1
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Ernie Hudson
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Patricia Arquette
Self
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1
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Goldie Hawn
Self
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1
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Tim Burton
Self
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1
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Christopher Walken
Self
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1
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Michael J. Fox
Self
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1
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Courteney Cox
Self
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1
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Craig T. Nelson
Self
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1
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Self - Guest
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1
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Brett Ratner
Self
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1
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Clint Howard
Self
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1
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Nick Nolte
Self
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1
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Bruce Dern
Self
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1
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Neve Campbell
Self
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1
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Daryl Hannah
Self
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1
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Robert Englund
Self
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1
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Whoopi Goldberg
Self
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1
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Shelley Long
Self
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1
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Alfred Molina
Self
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1
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Melanie Griffith
Self
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1
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Mimi Rogers
Self
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1
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Stockard Channing
Self
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1
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Sidney Lumet
Self
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1
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Ray Wise
Self
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1
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Barbra Streisand
Self
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1
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Tony Scott
Self
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1
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David Arquette
Self
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1
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
Self
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1
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Sidney Poitier
Self
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1
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Anthony Quinn
Self
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1
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Amy Irving
Self
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1
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Jacqueline Bisset
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Mitch Pileggi
Self
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1
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Dyan Cannon
Self
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1
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Brenda Vaccaro
Self
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1
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Wes Craven
Self
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1
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Ivan Reitman
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Pamela Reed
Self - Interviewee
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1
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David Mamet
Self
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1
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Lasse Hallström
Self
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1
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John Singleton
Self
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1
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Ron Leibman
Self
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1
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Rebecca Pidgeon
Self
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1
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1
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Brian Grazer
Self
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1
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Nancy Sinatra
Self
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1
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Arthur Hiller
Self
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1
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Marvin Hamlisch
Self
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1
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Maya Angelou
Self
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1
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Steven Spielberg
Self
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1
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Tom Cruise
Self - Guest
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1
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George Clooney
Self
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1
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Joe Pesci
Self
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1
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Ray Liotta
Self
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1
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Jodie Foster
Self
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1
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Paul Reiser
Self
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1
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Alfre Woodard
Self
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1
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Ben Kingsley
Self
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1
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Tommy Lee Jones
Self
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1
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Kevin Pollak
Self
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1
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Sally Field
Self
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1
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F. Murray Abraham
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Anne Heche
Self
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1
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Treat Williams
Self
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1
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Wesley Snipes
Self
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1
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Spike Lee
Self
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1
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Barry Levinson
Self
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1
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Delroy Lindo
Self
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1
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Julia Ormond
Self
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1
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Griffin Dunne
Self
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1
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Oliver Stone
Self
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1
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Nancy Allen
Self
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1
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Powers Boothe
Self
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1
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Milos Forman
Self
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1
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Charles Durning
Self
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1
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Cliff Robertson
Self
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1
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Debbie Allen
Self
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1
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Ruby Dee
Self
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1
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Barbara De Fina
Self
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1
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Michael Hausman
Self
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1
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Glenn Close
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Alan Rickman
Self
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1
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Uma Thurman
Self
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1
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Nicole Kidman
Self
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1
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Ralph Fiennes
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Christopher Plummer
Self
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1
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Gene Hackman
Self - Interviewee
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1
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1
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Michael Mann
Self
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1
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Kristin Scott Thomas
Self
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1
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Wes Studi
Self
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1
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Tim Conway
Self
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1
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Chris O'Donnell
Self
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1
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John McTiernan
Self
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1
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Tom Sizemore
Self
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1
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Elliott Gould
Self
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1
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Richard Donner
Self
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1
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James Earl Jones
Self
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1
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Carl Weathers
Self
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1
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Kate Bosworth
Self
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1
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Rene Auberjonois
Self
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1
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Christopher Reeve
Self
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1
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Hector Elizondo
Self
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1
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Dennis Farina
Self
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1
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Diane Venora
Self
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1
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Robert Altman
Self
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1
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Joel Schumacher
Self
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1
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William Petersen
Self (as William L. Petersen)
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1
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Anthony Minghella
Self
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1
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Robert Luketic
Self
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1
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Joan Tewkesbury
Self
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1
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Richard Gere
Self
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1
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Natasha Richardson
Self
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1
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Gretchen Mol
Self
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1
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Paul Schrader
Self
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1
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Kyle MacLachlan
Self
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1
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Russell Crowe
Self (archive footage)
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1
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Natalie Portman
Self
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1
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David Lynch
Self
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1
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Ridley Scott
Self
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1
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Mel Brooks
Self
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1
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Richard Dreyfuss
Self
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1
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Francis Ford Coppola
Self
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1
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Carrie Fisher
Self
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1
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Brad Dourif
Self
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1
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Keith Carradine
Self
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1
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Paige Turco
Self
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1
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Cameron Crowe
Self
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1
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George Lucas
Self
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1
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Veronica Cartwright
Self
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1
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Laura Harring
Self
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1
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Sheryl Lee
Self
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1
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Suzanne Somers
Self
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1
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Mackenzie Phillips
Self
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1
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Charles Martin Smith
Self
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1
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Candy Clark
Self
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1
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Stavros C. Stavrides
Self (2003)
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1
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Ben Affleck
Self - Guest
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1
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Jason Lee
Self
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1
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Dean Cain
Self
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1
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Joey Lauren Adams
Self
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1
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Sanaa Lathan
Self
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1
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George Carlin
Self
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1
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Alanis Morissette
Self
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1
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Scott Mosier
Self
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1
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1
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David Klein
Self
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1
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Julie Corman
Self
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1
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Nicolas Cage
Self
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1
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Sandra Bullock
Self
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1
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Spencer Breslin
Self
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1
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Naomi Watts
Self
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1
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Josh Lucas
Self
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1
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Jeff Daniels
Self
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1
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Eva Mendes
Self
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1
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Lili Taylor
Self
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1
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David O. Russell
Self
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1
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Lily Tomlin
Self
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1
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Jon Turteltaub
Self
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1
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Jan de Bont
Self
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1
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Andy Tennant
Self
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1
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John Frankenheimer
Self
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1
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Norman Jewison
Self
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1
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Terry Gilliam
Self
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1
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Adrian Lyne
Self
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1
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Bob Cooper
Self (as Robert Cooper)
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David Cronenberg
Self
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1
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Diane Lane
Self
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1
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Kevin Costner
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Kirk Douglas
Self
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1
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Holly Hunter
Self
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1
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Katherine Helmond
Self
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1
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Geena Davis
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Anne Archer
Self
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1
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Frederic Forrest
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Peter Weller
Self
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1
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Jennifer Beals
Self
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1
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Evans Evans
Self (as Evans Frankenheimer)
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1
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Marilyn Chambers
Self
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1
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Rene Russo
Self
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1
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Amanda Plummer
Self
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1
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Seymour Cassel
Self
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1
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Michael Z. Hanan
Self (as Michael Hanan)
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1
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Michael Ironside
Self
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1
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Mercedes Ruehl
Self
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1
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Mary McDonnell
Self - Interviewee (as Mary Mcdonnell)
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1
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Debbie Harry
Self (as Deborah Harry)
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Gerald McRaney
Self
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1
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Jeremy Irons
Self
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1
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Salome Jens
Self
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1
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Brooke Adams
Self
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1
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David Warner
Self
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1
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Jürgen Prochnow
Self
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1
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Angela Lansbury
Self
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1
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Wendy Crewson
Self
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1
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Dennis Quaid
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Frank Langella
Self
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1
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Edward Lewis
Self
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1
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Self
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1
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Lawrence Kasdan
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Sherry Lansing
Self - Interviewee
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1
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Martin Manulis
Self
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1
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Wolfgang Petersen
Self
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1
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Tim Robbins
Self - Guest
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1
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Ann-Margret
Self
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1
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Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
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1
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1
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Dan Stevens
Self - Narrator (voice)
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1
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Alison Eastwood
Self
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1
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John R. Leonetti
Self (uncredited)
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1
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Robert De Niro
Self - Harry Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1
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Benicio Del Toro
Self - Dr. Gonzo (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Jim Broadbent
Self - Dr. Jaffe (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Sean Connery
Self - King Agamemnon (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Jonathan Pryce
Self - Sam Lowry (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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John Cleese
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1
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Richard Belzer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Andrew Divoff
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Glenn Morshower
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Eric Idle
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Peter Vaughan
Self - Winston the Ogre (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Michael Palin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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John Neville
Self - Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Terry Jones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Graham Chapman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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John Le Mesurier
Self - The Chamberlain (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Kenny Baker
Self - Fidgit (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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David Rappaport
Self - Randall (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Jack Purvis
Self - Wally (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
|
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Malcolm Dixon
Self - Strutter (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Mike Edmonds
Self - Og (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Tiny Ross
Self - Vermin (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Malcolm X
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Max Wall
Self - King Bruno the Questionable (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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Louis Farrakhan
Self (behind Malcolm X) (archive footage) (uncredited)
|
1
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