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Becoming John Ford (2008)

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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Nick Redman details director John Ford's remarkable stint at Twentieth Century Fox in an intimately detailed documentary that pays special attention to the relationship between the famed Grapes of Wrath director and studio head Darryl F. Zanuck. A master of the silent film who would go on to become a true legend of American cinema, Ford was just twenty-six years old when he took the helm for Just Pals (1920). Later, when Fox merged with 20th Century in 1935,

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Documentary, Television, Special Interest

Feb 14, 2006

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succeeds at the very least in exciting viewer interest in some of Ford's classic as well as lesser-known features

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