Synopsis
In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become, "the national movie of Texas."
Movie Information
- Director
- Jim Brennan
- Writers
- Kirby Warnock
- Release Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 55 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (5 votes)
Top Cast
Don Henley
Narrator (voice)
Earl Holliman
Self
Carroll Baker
Self
George Stevens Jr.
Self
Dennis Hopper
Self
Monte Hale
Self
Fran Bennett
Self
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
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