Paul Schrader

Katy Jurado

Peter Bogdanovich

Preston Sturges

Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood.

American Masters Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

American Masters Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990)

Nothing is what it seems to be at the beginning. Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.—Spencer Snygg and Andrzej Kozlowski

1 (2020)

An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap, and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.—yusufpiskin

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

The movie centers on Paul and Sophie, lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells and Co. and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells, the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation.—Franky Liesenborgs

The Portable Door

The Portable Door (2023)

Carrie boards the train to Chicago with big ambitions. She gets a job stitching shoes and her sister's husband takes almost all of her pay for room and board. Then she injures a finger and is fired. This is the 1890s. Charles Drouet, a salesman she met on the train, comes to her rescue and invites her to dine at Fitzgerald's where the manager George Hurstwood sends over a bottle of champagne. She stays in Drouet's apartment, as he will be on the road 10 days. When she leaves the apartment many months later -- on a train bound for New York -- her traveling companion is Hurstwood. Why is he in such a hurry?—Dale O'Connor

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American Masters Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1990

Biography/ Documentary/ History/ Music

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Duration: 76 min

IMDB Rating: 7.4

Language: en

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Plot Summary

Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood.

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Paul Schrader as -Self

Katy Jurado as -Self

Peter Bogdanovich as -Self

Preston Sturges as -Self

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