Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days
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Tom Neff
Tom Neff
Producers:
Madeline Bell
Karl Katz
Arnie Knox
Ned Beatty
| Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days | |
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| Directed by | Tom Neff |
| Written by | Louise LeQuire Tom Neff |
| Produced by | Executive Producer: Tom Neff Producers: Madeline Bell Karl Katz Arnie Knox |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Ned Beatty |
| Narrated by | Gregory Peck |
| Edited by | Barry Rubinow |
| Music by | John Rosasco |
| Distributed by | American Masters (PBS) |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days is a 1991 documentary film of American Western artist Frederic Remington made for the PBS series American Masters. It was produced and directed by Tom Neff and written by Neff and Louise LeQuire.[1] Actor Gregory Peck narrated the film and Ned Beatty was the voice of Remington when reading his correspondence.
The documentary was produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; NHK Corporation (Japan); and Polaris Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee. It was the first documentary to be filmed in High Definition Television (HDTV), but at the time it was years away from high-definition television broadcasting.[2]
This documentary of Frederic Remington reviews how the artist popularized the myths, legends, and images of the "Old West".
The film was filmed on location where Remington spent time, uses archival film and photographs, and has interviews with art scholars that create a framework to understand his artwork.
Interviews
- Gregory Peck as narrator
- Ned Beatty as voice of Frederic Remington
- William Howze
- Lewis Sharp
- Brian W. Dippie
- Peter Hassrick