Friedkin Uncut (2018) on Netflix
NR20181h 47mBiographyDocumentaryHistory
William Friedkin recounts his life and career, from Chicago and television work to The French Connection and The Exorcist. Other directors and actors add their recollections of his films.
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Friedkin opens by naming Jesus and Adolf Hitler the two most interesting people in world history, the extremes of good and evil. Actors and directors then discuss the production of The Exorcist and its cultural impact. Friedkin goes back to his childhood in Chicago and his first jobs in television, and recalls watching Citizen Kane as a young man and deciding to become a filmmaker. His first film project, the documentary The People vs. Paul Crump, contributed to Crump's death sentence being commuted. He describes his cinéma vérité approach to The French Connection, for which he followed New York police officers while researching the narcotics trade.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Friedkin Uncut (2018)
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- William Friedkin's first film project, the 1962 documentary The People vs. Paul Crump, contributed to Paul Crump's death sentence being commuted.
- Stacy Keach was initially cast as Father Karras in The Exorcist before William Friedkin hired Jason Miller for the part.
- William Friedkin researched the narcotics trade by following real New York police officers, using a cinéma vérité approach.
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