Director: John Boorman
Photography: Arnie Sirlin, Ira Bremner, Rodney Deihl, Paul Ward
Editor: Ron Davis
Music: Richie Buckley
With: Robert Filkosky, William Hurt, Jim Jarmusch, Pamela Marvin, Dr. Harry Wilmer
Producer: Paula Jalfon
Executive Producers: Colin MacCabe, Steve Jenkins (for BBC), David Sehring (for American Movie Classics)
Production: The British Film Institute and American Movie Classics in association with BBC and The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Film and Video
Distribution: BFI Sales
Tel: +44 171 957 8982
Fax: +44 171 580 5830
Stockholm 1998
Selected Filmography John Boorman: Point Blank, 1967; Hell in the Pacific, 1968; Exorcist II: The Heretic, 1977; Excalibur, 1981; Two Nudes Bathing, 1996; Angela Mooney Dies again, 1997; The General, 1998.
By playing "bad guys" and psychopaths of various genres, Lee Marvin, as one critic put it, "has played a defining role in the violence seen on America's movie screens." He had such a huge sense of presence about him when he was on set that some of his fellow actors would answer his questions even before he had asked them. With the help of Jim Jarmusch and William Hurt among others, director John Boorman delves into the motivations and the ingenious tricks the ex-Marine Lee Marvin used in his work. This convincing film biography combines film cuts and interviews to tell the life story of one of Hollywood's most interesting stars.