Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Synopsis

    Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

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      Cast

      • Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
      • Waldo SaltSelf (archive footage)
      • Mary DavenportSelf
      • Jennifer SaltSelf
      • Jerome HellmanSelf
      • James Leo HerlihySelf
      • Dustin HoffmanSelf
      • Paul JarricoSelf
      • Ring Lardner, Jr.Self
      • George LittoSelf

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