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Salinger

"Uncover the mystery but don't spoil the secrets!"

2013

2h 5m

6.3(66 votes)

Documentary

Overview

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.

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80 members

Acting

Michael Mcdermott

Self - Photojournalist

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A. E. Hotchner

Self - Writer

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Jean Miller

Self - Salinger's Friend

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Gore Vidal

Self - Writer

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Tom Wolfe

Self - Writer

Writing

John Guare

Self - Playwright

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Self - Actor

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Martin Sheen

Self - Actor

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Harvey Jason

Self - Rare Bookseller

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Paul Alexander

Self - Salinger's Biographer

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Richard Stayton

Self - Book Editor

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Robert Towne

Self - Screenwriter

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A. Scott Berg

Self - Writer

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Michael Clarkson

Self - Salinger's Fan

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E. L. Doctorow

Self - Writer

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David Shields

Self - Salinger's Biographer

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Don Congdon

Self - Book Editor

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Leila Hadley Luce

Self - Salinger's Friend

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Ben Yagoda

Self - New Yorker Biographer

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John Unrue

Self - Salinger's Biographer

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Jay Neugeboren

Self - Writer

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Thomas Kunkel

Self - New Yorker Biographer

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Jane Scovell

Self - O. O'Neill's Biographer

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Mark Howland

Self - Teacher

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David Roderick

Self - D-Day Veteran

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Alex Kershaw

Self - War Historian

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John Fitzgerald

Self - Son of P. Fitzgerald, CIC

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Sean Hemingway

Self - E. Hemingway's Grandson

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Ethel Nelson

Self - Salinger's Friend

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Jonathan Schwartz

Self - Writer

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David Victor Harris

Self - L. Fosburgh's Widower

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Jack Wenke

Self - Writer

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Deborah Dash Moore

Self - War Historian

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Elizabeth Frank

Self - Writer

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Robert Abzug

Self - Holocaust Historian

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Eberhard Alsen

Self - Writer

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Michael Silverblatt

Self - Literary Critic

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John Romano

Self - Screenwriter

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David Huddle

Self - Writer

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Phoebe Hoban

Self - Writer

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Himan Brown

Self - TV Producer

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John Leggett

Self - Writer

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Edward Norton

Self - Actor

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Marc Weingarten

Self - Writer

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Geraldine McGowan

Self - Writer

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John Cusack

Self - Actor

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Judd Apatow

Self - Filmmaker

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Ved Mehta

Self - Writer

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Glenn Gordon Caron

Self - Writer

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Tony Bill

Self - Filmmaker

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Ted Russell

Self - Photographer

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Chris Kubica

Self - Writer

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Joyce Maynard

Self - Writer

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Stephen Spiro

Self - NYPD Officer

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Fred Fogo

Self - Writer

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Jay Martin

Self - Pyschologist

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J. Reid Meloy

Self - Forensic Psychologist

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Jon Wiener

Self - Historian

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Stephen J. Whitfield

Self - Historian

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Betty Eppes

Self - Journalist

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Stephen Adly Guirgis

Self - Playwright

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Lawrence Grobel

Self - Writer

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Chad Reingold

Self - Writer

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Robert Boyton

Self - Journalist

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Todd Lewis Brandenburg

J. D. Salinger

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Alexa Ryan

Drama Reconstruction Player

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Julie Warnock

Drama Reconstruction Player

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Camera

Anthony Savini

Bob Giroux

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Alex Bergman

The Imaginary Friend

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Zoe Vela Page

Drama Reconstruction Player

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Werner Kleeman

Self - Salinger's Friend (archive footage)

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Oona O'Neill

Self (archive footage)

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J. D. Salinger

Self - Writer (archive footage)

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Ernest Hemingway

Self - Writer (archive footage)

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William Maxwell

Self - New Yorker Editor (archive footage)

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Samuel Goldwyn

Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

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Margaret Salinger

Self - Salinger's Daughter (archive footage)

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Mark David Chapman

Self (archive footage)

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John Lennon

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Marcia Clark

Self - Former Deputy DA (archive footage)

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