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  • The Last Movie Stars Chapter One: Cosmic Orphans (Season 1, Episode 1)
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    TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary

The Last Movie Stars

Chapter One: Cosmic Orphans (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary

In the early 1950s, aspiring actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward meet as understudies on Broadway, sparking two of Hollywood's most iconic careers and a decades long love story. There's just one problem: Paul is already married.
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Creators
Paul Newman (creator) | Stewart Stern (creator)
Director
Writer
Emily Wachtel (originated by)
Producers
Adam Gibbs (producer) | Ryan Hawke (producer) | Lisa Long Adler (producer) | Emily Wachtel (producer)
Composer
Hamilton Leithauser (music by)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jul 21, 2022

Release date
Jul 21, 2022 (Ecuador)
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Cast

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35 cast members
Name Known for
Brooks Ashmanskas
Self - Gore Vidal / Self Self - Gore Vidal / Self   See fewer
Karen Allen
Self - Frances Woodward / Self Self - Frances Woodward / Self   See fewer
Bobby Cannavale
Self - Elia Kazan / Self Self - Elia Kazan / Self   See fewer
George Clooney
Self - Paul Newman / Self Self - Paul Newman / Self   See fewer
Ben Dickey
Self - Mark Rydell / Self Self - Mark Rydell / Self   See fewer
Vincent D'Onofrio
Self - Karl Malden / Self Self - Karl Malden / Self   See fewer
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Self - Maude Brink / Self (as Latanya R. Jackson) Self - Maude Brink / Self (as Latanya R. Jackson)   See fewer
Zoe Kazan
Self - Jackie McDonald / Self Self - Jackie McDonald / Self   See fewer
Laura Linney
Self - Joanne Woodward / Self Self - Joanne Woodward / Self   See fewer
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Self - Martin Ritt / Self Self - Martin Ritt / Self   See fewer
Tom McCarthy
Self - Sidney Lumet / Self Self - Sidney Lumet / Self   See fewer
Alessandro Nivola
Self - Richard Brooks / Self Self - Richard Brooks / Self   See fewer
Barry Poltermann
Self - Stewart Stern / Self Self - Stewart Stern / Self   See fewer
Mark Ruffalo
Self - Meade Roberts / Self Self - Meade Roberts / Self   See fewer
Buddy Adler
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Walter Cronkite
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Nunnally Johnson
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Sidney Lumet
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Sanford Meisner
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Garry Moore
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Paul Newman
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Gore Vidal
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Tennessee Williams
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Joanne Woodward
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