John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Frank Martin

Writers:

Frank Martin (writer) &
Charles Degelman (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

Documentary film tracing the colorful career of writer-director-actor John Huston, from his youth through early days as a soldier...

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Comma In Title | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lauren Bacall	...	Herself
Humphrey Bogart	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Caine	...	Himself
Michael Fitzgerald	...	Himself
Clark Gable	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lady Hemphill	...	Herself
Lord Hemphill	...	Himself
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself
Danny Huston	...	Himself
John Huston	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jennifer Jones	...	Herself (archive footage)
Evelyn Keyes	...	Herself
Peter Lorre	...	Himself (archive footage)
Arthur Miller	...	Himself
Marilyn Monroe	...	Herself (archive footage)
Oswald Morris	...	Himself (as Ossie Morris)
Paul Newman	...	Himself
Thelma Ritter	...	Herself (archive footage)
Zoe Sallis	...	Herself (as Zoë Sallis)
Tom Shaw	...	Himself
Merrill Shindler	...	Additional Narrator
Marietta Tree	...	Herself
Eli Wallach	...	Himself (archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck	...	Himself (archive footage)

Also Known As:

John Huston (USA)

Runtime:

126 min | Germany:119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Burbank Production Plaza - 1907 Burbank Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Point Blank Films

Trivia:

This can be found on the 2003 DVD release of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Movie Connections:

Features John Huston and the Dubliners (1988)

Soundtrack:

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

Wonderful Tribute and Overview of Huston's Career

This film is included as a bonus feature on the two-disc version of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." I was not very familiar with John Huston before seeing this film, but now I seek out his movies.

This is a comprehensive portrait that covers Huston's entire life, features anecdotes from himself, his family, and his friends, and gives insight into his personality.

Huston was very much a renaissance man: served in the Mexican cavalry; worked as a writer, director, and actor; served during World War II; was an accomplished painter; and even became master of the hounds for Irish fox hunts.

This film also provides good information about such Huston classics as "The Maltese Falcon," "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," "Key Largo," "The African Queen," "The Misfits," and "The Man Who Would be King."

Huston was a larger-than-life personality who has left us a timeless body of work, and this is a fitting tribute to him.