Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013

1h 16m

6.9(45 votes)

Documentary

Overview

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.

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Production Companies

Isotope Films

Hugofilm

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Harry Dean Stanton

Self

Harry Dean Stanton

Sound

Sophie Huber

Self (voice)

No Image

Directing

Wim Wenders

Self

Wim Wenders

Directing

David Lynch

Self

David Lynch

Acting

Miljenko Gotovac

Self

No Image

Acting

Jamie James

Self

No Image

Acting

Sam Shepard

Self

Sam Shepard

Acting

Debbie Harry

Self

Debbie Harry

Acting

Logan Sparks

Self

Logan Sparks

Acting

Mouse

Self

No Image

Acting

Kris Kristofferson

Self

Kris Kristofferson

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