Jerome Hellman

Being There

Hal Ashby

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Kenneth Bowser

Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Eugene Corr, Robert Hillmann

Peter Coyote, Waldo Salt

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.

Promises in the Dark

Jerome Hellman

Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty

A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. She joins the West Hartford medical practice of Dr. Walter McInterny, a doctor approaching retirement age. 17-year-old Elizabeth "Buffy" Koenig is a precocious student at West Hartford's William Hall High School. Her boyfriend Gerry is a football player at Hall High. While Dr. McInterny is away on vacation, longtime patient Buffy hurts her leg while harmlessly kicking a soccer ball during Gerry's nearby football practice. At the hospital, Dr. Kendall finds that not only is the leg broken, but the bone was also weakened by cancer. Dr. Kendall treats Buffy and the two develop a bond that extends beyond the doctor-patient relationship; Dr. Kendall is drawn to Buffy's humor and raw honesty.

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

Jerome Hellman, Adam Holender

Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including its Oscar win for feature film.

After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later

Michael Childers, Jerome Hellman

Documentary about the making of the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy".