Salinger
06/09/2013
2h 5m

An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Cast
Michael Mcdermott
Self - Photojournalist


A. E. Hotchner
Self - Writer
Jean Miller
Self - Salinger's Friend


Gore Vidal
Self - Writer


Tom Wolfe
Self - Writer
John Guare
Self - Playwright


Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self - Actor


Martin Sheen
Self - Actor
Harvey Jason
Self - Rare Bookseller
Paul Alexander
Self - Salinger's Biographer
Richard Stayton
Self - Book Editor


Robert Towne
Self - Screenwriter
A. Scott Berg
Self - Writer
Michael Clarkson
Self - Salinger's Fan
E. L. Doctorow
Self - Writer


David Shields
Self - Salinger's Biographer
Don Congdon
Self - Book Editor
Leila Hadley Luce
Self - Salinger's Friend
Ben Yagoda
Self - New Yorker Biographer
John Unrue
Self - Salinger's Biographer
Jay Neugeboren
Self - Writer
Thomas Kunkel
Self - New Yorker Biographer
Jane Scovell
Self - O. O'Neill's Biographer
Mark Howland
Self - Teacher
David Roderick
Self - D-Day Veteran
Alex Kershaw
Self - War Historian
John Fitzgerald
Self - Son of P. Fitzgerald, CIC
Sean Hemingway
Self - E. Hemingway's Grandson
Ethel Nelson
Self - Salinger's Friend
Jonathan Schwartz
Self - Writer
David Victor Harris
Self - L. Fosburgh's Widower
Jack Wenke
Self - Writer
Deborah Dash Moore
Self - War Historian
Elizabeth Frank
Self - Writer
Robert Abzug
Self - Holocaust Historian
Eberhard Alsen
Self - Writer
Michael Silverblatt
Self - Literary Critic
John Romano
Self - Screenwriter
David Huddle
Self - Writer
Phoebe Hoban
Self - Writer
Himan Brown
Self - TV Producer
John Leggett
Self - Writer


Edward Norton
Self - Actor
Marc Weingarten
Self - Writer
Geraldine McGowan
Self - Writer


John Cusack
Self - Actor


Judd Apatow
Self - Filmmaker
Ved Mehta
Self - Writer


Glenn Gordon Caron
Self - Writer


Tony Bill
Self - Filmmaker
Ted Russell
Self - Photographer
Chris Kubica
Self - Writer
Joyce Maynard
Self - Writer
Stephen Spiro
Self - NYPD Officer
Fred Fogo
Self - Writer
Jay Martin
Self - Pyschologist
J. Reid Meloy
Self - Forensic Psychologist
Jon Wiener
Self - Historian
Stephen J. Whitfield
Self - Historian
Betty Eppes
Self - Journalist


Stephen Adly Guirgis
Self - Playwright
Lawrence Grobel
Self - Writer
Chad Reingold
Self - Writer
Robert Boyton
Self - Journalist
Todd Lewis Brandenburg
J. D. Salinger
Alexa Ryan
Drama Reconstruction Player
Julie Warnock
Drama Reconstruction Player
Anthony Savini
Bob Giroux
Alex Bergman
The Imaginary Friend
Zoe Vela Page
Drama Reconstruction Player
Werner Kleeman
Self - Salinger's Friend (archive footage)
Oona O'Neill
Self (archive footage)


J. D. Salinger
Self - Writer (archive footage)


Ernest Hemingway
Self - Writer (archive footage)
William Maxwell
Self - New Yorker Editor (archive footage)


Samuel Goldwyn
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Margaret Salinger
Self - Salinger's Daughter (archive footage)
Mark David Chapman
Self (archive footage)


John Lennon
Self - Musician (archive footage)


Marcia Clark
Self - Former Deputy DA (archive footage)
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