SummaryCasting By puts the spotlight on filmmaking’s unsung heroes – the casting director, taking us on a fast-paced journey through the last half century of Hollywood history from an entirely new perspective.
Directed By:Tom Donahue
Casting By
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Generally Favorable
70
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Jul 25, 2013
83
This film reveals not just how integral casting directors are to the creative process of filmmaking, but really how important they have been in shaping the history of American cinema.
Nov 1, 2013
80
This is an illuminating close-up on a vital cog in the moviemaking machine and a fresh perspective on key episodes in the birth of the New Hollywood.
Oct 29, 2013
80
While Dougherty clearly had an almost eerie sense of how a particular actor might inhabit a part, this film also shows that she may have single-handedly created a filmmaking craft and then made it indispensable.
Jul 25, 2013
70
A vivid reminder of the hand-in-glove importance of right actor/right role — and the indispensability of those casting mavens who helped make movie history. Good stuff.
Jul 25, 2013
63
Casting By is also something of an elegy for a lost era, when talent, even at its rawest, stood far above prettiness as the primary reason for getting the part.
Oct 31, 2013
60
A look into one of the most invisible, and crucial, of cinematic disciplines. Using the seminal casting director Marion Dougherty as a subject, the film walks us through the intricacies of casting, with insight from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford and others.
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Generally Favorable
7.0
71% Positive
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Oct 20, 2014
8
I think most movie lovers would enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the casting process and the woman whose intuitive work helped to make the casting director not only more important, but more appreciated. It's fun to hear about "stroke of genius" moves in which the right person managed to land in the right role ... for example, Jon Voight in "Midnight Cowboy," and Robert Redford & Paul Newman swapping roles in "Butch Cassidy." It might have been interesting to hear more about some casting debacles, as well.
Production Company:
- CreativeChaos vmg
- HBO Documentary Films
- Tashtego Films
Release Date:Jul 26, 2013
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:TV-14
Awards
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gracie Allen Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
