Robert Drew

Most Popular Robert Drew Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

The Chair Trailer (1963)

24 August 1963

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair.

The Sun Ship Game Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Flying hundreds of miles a day through wild weather with no engine requires feats of airmanship unprecedented in human history and known before only to the birds.

American Football Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado.

A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy Trailer (2008)

12 April 2008

Bringing to life an American President who was widely respected by his countrymen and celebrated around the world.

Aga Khan Trailer (1961)

21 September 1961

In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D.

The New Met: Countdown to Curtain Trailer (1966)

20 November 1966

Backstage with Franco Zeffirelli and Rudolph Bing as multiple mechanical difficulties snag rehearsals.

ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No! Trailer (1960)

07 July 1960

A 1960 cinéma vérité documentary on anti-American sentiment in Latin America, combining observational footage from Caracas and political events, directed by Robert Drew and shot by Maysles, Leacock, and Pennebaker.

Susan Starr Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that keeps her in bed and an omnipresent mother.

Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance Trailer (2016)

20 April 2016

In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.

Storm Signal Trailer (1966)

05 September 1966

A documentary record of the day-to-day existence of a pair of young married heroin addicts. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Faces of November Trailer (1964)

27 August 1964

Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963.

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment Trailer (1963)

21 October 1963

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F.

Nehru Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.

On the Road with Duke Ellington Trailer (1974)

31 December 1974

Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

For Auction: An American Hero Trailer (1986)

22 July 1986

Directed by Robert Drew.

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America Trailer (1969)

30 November 1969

“Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country.

Ricky on Leacock Trailer (2012)

10 June 2012

A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and various encounters between Ricky, his friends and contemporaries including Henri Langlois, Jean Rouch, Jean-Luc Godard, DA Pennebaker, Robert Drew, and others.

Jane Trailer (1962)

02 January 1962

Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadway.

Primary Trailer (1960)

08 November 1960

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960.

Who's Out There? Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the possibility and implications of extraterrestrial life.

David Trailer (1961)

01 January 1961

During the fertile early years of Drew Associates following the breakthrough of Primary, came this seldom-seen portrait of David Allen, a jazz trumpeter struggling in the Santa Monica drug rehabilitation center Synanon House.

On the Pole: Eddie Sachs Trailer (1961)

31 August 1961

A direct-cinema portrait of Indianapolis 500 driver Eddie Sachs, filmed before, during, and after the 1960 race as he competes from pole position.

Adventures on the New Frontier Trailer (1961)

28 March 1961

A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term.

Blackie Trailer (1962)

04 December 1962

Story of the last flight of TWA pilot Harold Blackburn and his retirement at age 60 after 40 years.

784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation Trailer (1982)

08 June 1982

Ten years after the Watergate scandal, this television special condensed two years of American history into a two-hour retrospective report.