Sundance Channel Acquires Exclusive TV Rights To Tell Them Who You Are Documentary On Oscar(R) Winner Haskell Wexler

Sundance Channel Acquires Exclusive TV Rights To Tell Them Who You Are Documentary On Oscar(R) Winner Haskell Wexler

NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Sundance Channel has acquired U.S. pay television rights to Tell Them Who You Are, a documentary film about legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler (The Thomas Crown Affair). Directed by his son, Mark Wexler, the film will make its U.S. television premiere on Sundance Channel in 2006.

Mark Wexler's cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, whose long and illustrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th century classics. Haskell's collaborations with world-class filmmakers including Elia Kazan, Milos Forman, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Mike Nichols resulted in films such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, American Graffiti, Coming Home, Bound For Glory, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Next. The documentary features interviews with these artists as well as luminaries Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Ron Howard and Julia Roberts.

But the true "star" of Tell Them Who You Are is Haskell himself, a larger-than-life character who challenges his son's choices about camera placement, lighting, and storytelling while announcing with complete conviction that he could have done a better job directing most of the films his son has shot. As these two men swap positions on camera and behind it -- sometimes shooting one another simultaneously -- the film explores the specifics of this particular father/son dynamic, while also revealing more universal truths about how our parents teach us to see the world, and how legacies both personal and artistic, are created.

Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel brings television viewers daring and engaging feature films, shorts, documentaries, world cinema and animation, shown uncut and with no commercials. Through its original programs, Sundance Channel connects viewers with filmmakers, the creative process, and the world of independent film. Launched in 1996, Sundance Channel is a venture between NBC Universal, Robert Redford, and Showtime Networks Inc. Sundance Channel operates independently of the non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, but shares the overall Sundance mission of supporting independent artists and providing them with wider opportunities to present their work to audiences. Sundance Channel's website address is http://www.sundancechannel.com/.

Source: Sundance Channel

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