Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)

Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.

Data de estreia
2018-11-15
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (9)
Duração
1 h 46 min
Géneros
Documentário
Realizador
John Block, Jonathan Alter, Stephen McCarthy

Elenco

Curiosidades

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists is a 2018 HBO documentary about Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, "two of the most celebrated newspapermen of the 20th century" who worked in New York City covering events of the late 20th century. The film was directed by John Block, Jonathan Alter, and Steve McCarthy.

Production

The film was started in 2015 after Alter and McCarthy invited filmmaker Block to join in the project. HBO underwrote the film with Nancy Abraham as the Executive Producer. Breslin and Hamill were interviewed several times for the movie by the producers starting in 2015.

Archived material was used for local events and subjects like Bernhard Goetz, Son of Sam, Central Park Five, and the Crown Heights riot and national events including the Kennedy assassinations, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, and the 9/11 attacks. Michael Rispoli gave his voice to columns written by Breslin while Hamill read his own writing.

The world premiere took place in Manhattan on November 15, 2018; it was the closing night film at the Doc NYC Film Festival. An HBO premiere occurred on January 22, 2019, with a second showing in Washington, D.C. three days later. The documentary was first aired on HBO on January 28, 2019.

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