Tell Them Who You Are (2004)

Director:

Mark Wexler

Writers:

Robert DeMaio (writer)
Mark Wexler (writer)

Release Date:

2 June 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficult genius and a son's path out of the shadow of a famous father.

Plot Keywords:

Cinematography | Cinematographer | Father Son Relationship | WWII | Semi Autobiographical

Cast

Peter Bart	...	Himself
Verna Bloom	...	Herself
Billy Crystal	...	Himself
Michael Douglas	...	Himself
Jane Fonda	...	Herself
Milos Forman	...	Himself
Troy Garity	...	Himself
Ronnie Gilbert	...	Herself
Conrad L. Hall	...	Himself
Conrad W. Hall	...	Himself
Tom Hayden	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
Ron Howard	...	Himself
Norman Jewison	...	Himself
Elia Kazan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Irvin Kershner	...	Himself
George Lucas	...	Himself
Albert Maysles	...	Himself
Daniel Moder	...	Himself (as Danny Moder)
Paul Newman	...	Himself
Sidney Poitier	...	Himself
Julia Roberts	...	Herself
John Sayles	...	Himself
Martin Sheen	...	Himself
Lee Tamahori	...	Himself
Studs Terkel	...	Himself
Haskell Wexler	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Mark Wexler	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Simon Wexler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jonathan Winters	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual images.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Wexler's World

Movie Connections:

References A Few Good Men (1992)

This film is a mess

Given the subject matter this could have been a great documentary. Instead it looks like a hap hazard home movie. Mark Wexler totally lost control of the subject -- his father. You get a real sense of who Haskell Wexler is, pretty much of a jerk. He gets thrown off of a film, One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest, and he thinks it is because the FBI interfered or threatened the producers. This is ridiculous. He sounds like a total pain in the ass to work with, which is why he was fired from the film. No less than Elia Kazan concedes he is brilliant, but he would never work with him again. Mark's documentary of his father is all over the place, very incoherent, seems to go nowhere. Compare it to My Father the Architect that came out about two years ago and it comes up lacking.