Casting By
Documentary
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2012
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This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
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Rated:
TV-14
Runtime:
89 min
Release date:
1 Nov 2012
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$22,497
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A look into one of the most invisible, and crucial, of cinematic disciplines.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
31 Oct 2013
fresh:
While Dougherty clearly had an almost eerie sense of how a particular actor might inhabit a part, this film also shows that she may have single-handedly created a filmmaking craft and then made it indispensable.
– Daphne Howland,
Village Voice,
29 Oct 2013
fresh:
Proves a vivid reminder of the hand-in-glove importance of right actor/right role - and the indispensability of those casting mavens who helped make movie history. Good stuff.
– Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jul 2013
fresh:
Something of an elegy for a lost era, when talent, even at its rawest, stood far above prettiness as the primary reason for getting the part.
– Geoff Pevere,
Globe and Mail,
19 Jul 2013