Haskell Wexler

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Haskell Wexler (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) is an American cinematographer, producer, and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 and 1976 in five nominations.

Most Popular Haskell Wexler Trailers

Total trailers found: 112

The Bus Trailer (1965)

05 April 1965

The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years.

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick Trailer (2002)

01 September 2002

Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself.

Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Traveling through villages along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, the filmmakers document the impact of the covert war against Nicaragua's Sandinista government, featuring interviews with mercenaries, soldiers, spies and civilian victims.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Trailer (1975)

19 November 1975

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool Trailer (2001)

19 August 2001

“Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool.

Conversation with Allende Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This interview was conducted shortly after the late President Dr. Salvador Allende won the Chilean elections of 1970.

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s.

Land of My Birth Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Documentary about the Jamaican presidential campaign of Michael Manley

The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell Trailer (1978)

26 September 1978

Documentary portrait of former CIA official John Stockwell, who resigned after becoming disillusioned with the organization's activities.

Bus Rider's Union Trailer (2000)

01 October 2000

A 1998 editorial in Time magazine made the claim that the city of Los Angeles "might just have the most inept public-transport system on the planet earth.

Bringing King to China Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

Bringing King to China is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.

Underground Trailer (1976)

09 May 1976

A documentary about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought to overthrow the U.

Angel Baby Trailer (1961)

14 May 1961

A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.

From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey Trailer (2019)

08 October 2019

A rookie NPR reporter on his first assignment, covering the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973, is treated as the enemy and ultimately arrested by the FBI for defying a government news blackout to embed with militant Indians.

At Sundance Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Atom Egoyan, James Gray, Robert Redford, Haskell Wexler, among many others.

Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up Trailer (2010)

01 December 2010

This documentary chronicles half a century of hostile U.S.-Cuba relations. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington, then ignored by the very government that launched a "war against terrorism.

Brazil: A Report on Torture Trailer (1971)

21 October 1971

The filmmakers spoke to ex-political prisoners who had been tortured by the military government who were at that point supported by the US government.

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River Trailer (2004)

01 April 2004

A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's famous river as a location, directors are placed in a variety of boats and share stories of how Chicago has influenced their careers.

The Babe Trailer (1992)

17 April 1992

A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game.

In the Name of Democracy Trailer (2009)

24 February 2009

The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt.

Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session Trailer (2015)

10 June 2015

In the video John Hanlon, producer/recording engineer says: "Neil just captures the moment, he gives it his all, he goes for the throat.

Medium Cool Trailer (1969)

27 August 1969

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.

American Graffiti Trailer (1973)

11 August 1973

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Colors Trailer (1988)

15 April 1988

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Five Bold Women Trailer (1960)

01 August 1960

Marshal Kirk Reed is escorting five female prisoners---killers all--- from one part of Texas to another part of Texas where a new prison has been built.

Days of Heaven Trailer (1978)

13 September 1978

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

Studs Lonigan Trailer (1960)

01 September 1960

A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.

The Loved One Trailer (1965)

11 October 1965

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour.

Wondering About Things Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological society.

Three Fugitives Trailer (1989)

27 January 1989

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Trailer (1966)

22 June 1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

Hal Trailer (2019)

28 March 2019

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There.

Blaze Trailer (1989)

15 December 1989

A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.

The Conversation Trailer (1974)

12 April 1974

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

In the Heat of the Night Trailer (1967)

02 August 1967

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.

Mulholland Falls Trailer (1996)

26 April 1996

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land Trailer (1992)

02 February 1992

A unique story of a small urban community of Native Hawaiians and the women who championed for their rights to their land against all odds.

The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

"Just before dawn on New Year's Day 1994, armed Mayan Indians declared war on the government. They immediately seized eight towns in Chiapas and set in motion events that ripped away a facade of prosperity and stability to reveal 'the other Mexico'.

Mexico Trailer (1996)

09 March 1996

Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, viewers are lead on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present.

Bound for Glory Trailer (1976)

05 December 1976

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.

Who Needs Sleep? Trailer (2006)

19 January 2006

A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.

Pablo Trailer (2012)

17 October 2012

Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana, during the pre-Cuban revolution to his current home, in the garage behind his son's house.

Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's Trailer (2008)

15 January 2008

Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

THX 1138 Trailer (1971)

11 March 1971

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people.

Uncle Meat Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat.

The Secret of Roan Inish Trailer (1994)

14 May 1994

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland.

Coming Home Trailer (1978)

15 February 1978

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

War Without Winners Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial complex and campaigning for nuclear-war prevention.

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains Trailer (2000)

24 January 2000

Journalist Kevin McKiernan's powerful film takes a close look at the Kurds, compelling and controversial subjects whose identities seem to shift depending on the loyalties of those viewing them.

Other People's Money Trailer (1991)

18 October 1991

When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover.

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall Trailer (2010)

03 August 2010

The Big Empty Trailer (2005)

01 July 2005

A young woman consults multiple doctors for a persistent internal pain, eventually leading to the discovery of a vast, frozen tundra within her body.

Something's Gonna Live Trailer (2010)

27 August 2010

The Los Angeles Times Critics' Pick Something’s Gonna Live is an intimate portrait of life, death, friendship and the movies, as recalled by some of Hollywood's greatest cinema artists.

The Thomas Crown Affair Trailer (1968)

26 June 1968

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Trailer (2009)

11 January 2009

The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond.

Grand Central Market Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

This film portrays activity in Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, California. Highlighted are vendors that represent the melting pot that is America, selling their wares to people of all ages and all walks of life.

The Fisherman and His Soul Trailer (1961)

01 November 1961

Set in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul in the process.

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool Trailer (2005)

01 June 2005

Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.

No Nukes Trailer (1980)

18 July 1980

Filmed account of the five MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts at Madison Square Garden and an outdoor rally at Battery Park in New York protesting the dangers of nuclear power.

The Best Man Trailer (1964)

05 April 1964

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.