Salinger

Uncover the mystery but don't spoil the secrets!

Duration: 125 min

Release date: 2013-09-06

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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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Michael Mcdermott

Michael Mcdermott

as Self - Photojournalist

as Self - Writer

as Self - Salinger's Friend

as Self - Writer

as Self - Writer

as Self - Playwright

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Self - Actor

as Self - Actor

as Self - Rare Bookseller

as Self - Salinger's Biographer

Richard Stayton

Richard Stayton

as Self - Book Editor

as Self - Screenwriter

as Self - Writer

Michael Clarkson

Michael Clarkson

as Self - Salinger's Fan

as Self - Writer

as Self - Salinger's Biographer

as Self - Book Editor

Leila Hadley Luce

Leila Hadley Luce

as Self - Salinger's Friend

as Self - New Yorker Biographer

as Self - Salinger's Biographer

as Self - Writer

as Self - New Yorker Biographer

as Self - O. O'Neill's Biographer

as Self - Teacher

as Self - D-Day Veteran

as Self - War Historian

John Fitzgerald

John Fitzgerald

as Self - Son of P. Fitzgerald, CIC

as Self - E. Hemingway's Grandson

as Self - Salinger's Friend

Jonathan Schwartz

Jonathan Schwartz

as Self - Writer

David Victor Harris

David Victor Harris

as Self - L. Fosburgh's Widower

as Self - Writer

Deborah Dash Moore

Deborah Dash Moore

as Self - War Historian

Elizabeth Frank

Elizabeth Frank

as Self - Writer

as Self - Holocaust Historian

as Self - Writer

Michael Silverblatt

Michael Silverblatt

as Self - Literary Critic

as Self - Screenwriter

as Self - Writer

as Self - Writer

as Self - TV Producer

as Self - Writer

as Self - Actor

Marc Weingarten

Marc Weingarten

as Self - Writer

Geraldine McGowan

Geraldine McGowan

as Self - Writer

as Self - Actor

as Self - Filmmaker

as Self - Writer

Glenn Gordon Caron

Glenn Gordon Caron

as Self - Writer

as Self - Filmmaker

as Self - Photographer

as Self - Writer

as Self - Writer

as Self - NYPD Officer

as Self - Writer

as Self - Pyschologist

as Self - Forensic Psychologist

as Self - Historian

Stephen J. Whitfield

Stephen J. Whitfield

as Self - Historian

as Self - Journalist

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Stephen Adly Guirgis

as Self - Playwright

Lawrence Grobel

Lawrence Grobel

as Self - Writer

as Self - Writer

as Self - Journalist

Todd Lewis Brandenburg

Todd Lewis Brandenburg

as J. D. Salinger

as Drama Reconstruction Player

as Drama Reconstruction Player

as The Imaginary Friend

as Drama Reconstruction Player

as Self - Salinger's Friend (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

William Maxwell

William Maxwell

as Self - New Yorker Editor (archive footage)

as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

Margaret Salinger

Margaret Salinger

as Self - Salinger's Daughter (archive footage)

Mark David Chapman

Mark David Chapman

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

as Self - Former Deputy DA (archive footage)

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Deborah Randall

Deborah Randall

Graphic Designer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sabine Krayenbühl

Sabine Krayenbühl

Technical Advisor

Supervising Sound Editor

Michael Mcdermott

Michael Mcdermott

Additional Photography

Original Music Composer

Additional Photography

David F. Van Slyke

David F. Van Slyke

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Maxamillion Ray McDermott

Maxamillion Ray McDermott

Camera Operator

Assistant Sound Editor

Second Unit Director of Photography

Pedro Valenzuela

Pedro Valenzuela

Additional Photography

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Daniel Wallenstein

Daniel Wallenstein

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Graphic Designer

Director of Photography

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joseph T. Sabella

Joseph T. Sabella

Assistant Camera

Associate Producer

Camera Operator

Sound Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

Sound Effects Editor

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Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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