Casting By

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Casting By

2012

1h 29m

6.9(42 votes)

Documentary

Overview

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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56 members

Production

Deborah Aquila

Self

Production

Risa Bramon Garcia

Self

Production

Ellen Chenoweth

Self

Production

Marion Dougherty

Self

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Production

Mike Fenton

Self

Production

Nessa Hyams

Self

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Production

Lora Kennedy

Self

Production

Nancy Klopper

Self

Production

Ronna Kress

Self

Production

Ellen Lewis

Self

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Production

Linda Lowy

Self

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Production

Amanda Mackey

Self

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Production

Wallis Nicita

Self

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John Papsidera

Self

Production

Don Phillips

Self

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Gretchen Rennell

Self

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Fred Roos

Self

Production

David Rubin

Self

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Production

Lynn Stalmaster

Self

Production

Juliet Taylor

Self

Production

Douglas Wright

Self

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Directing

Woody Allen

Self

Acting

Ed Asner

Self

Acting

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Acting

Ned Beatty

Self

Acting

Tony Bill

Self

Directing

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Acting

Jeff Bridges

Self

Acting

Glenn Close

Self

Directing

Richard Donner

Self

Acting

Richard Dreyfuss

Self

Directing

Martin Scorsese

Self

Directing

Oliver Stone

Self

Acting

Cybill Shepherd

Self

Acting

Jon Voight

Self

Acting

Robert Redford

Self

Acting

Robert De Niro

Self

Acting

Robert Duvall

Self

Acting

Danny Glover

Self

Directing

Taylor Hackford

Self

Acting

Ronny Cox

Self

Acting

Mel Gibson

Self

Acting

Diane Lane

Self

Acting

John Lithgow

Self

Acting

Paul Rudd

Self

Directing

John Sayles

Self

Acting

John Travolta

Self

Acting

Al Pacino

Self

Acting

Bette Midler

Self

Directing

Paul Mazursky

Self (Voice)

Production

Norman Lear

Self

Acting

Buck Henry

Self

Acting

Clint Eastwood

Self

Acting

Ed Lauter

Self

Acting

Burt Young

Self

Writing

Paul Haggis

Self

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