Robert Drew Movies

  • 1963
    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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    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....

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • 1960
    Primary

    Primary

    Primary

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

    Primary
  • 1964
    Faces of November

    Faces of November

    Faces of November

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    Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

    Faces of November
  • 1961
    Adventures on the New Frontier

    Adventures on the New Frontier

    Adventures on the New Frontier

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    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. ...

    Adventures on the New Frontier
  • 1963
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

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

    The Chair
  • 2008
    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

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    Bringing to life an American President who was widely respected by his countrymen and celebrated around the world. Composed from four break through...

    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
  • 1961
    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

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    The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
  • 1966
    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

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    Backstage with Franco Zeffirelli and Rudolph Bing as multiple mechanical difficulties snag rehearsals. Marc Chagall stops by only to see that his...

    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
  • 2016
    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

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

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
  • 1969
    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

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

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
  • 1975
    Who's Out There?

    Who's Out There?

    Who's Out There?

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

    Who's Out There?
  • 1962
    Jane

    Jane

    Jane

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    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...

    Jane
  • 1974
    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    On the Road with Duke Ellington

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

    On the Road with Duke Ellington
  • 1961
    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

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    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...

    Aga Khan
  • 1960
    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

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    After the US forces Cuba out of the OAS, demonstrations erupt in Venezuela. In Cuba Castro addresses a rally of one million people.

    Yanki No!
  • 2012
    Ricky on Leacock

    Ricky on Leacock

    Ricky on Leacock

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    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...

    Ricky on Leacock
  • 1962
    Susan Starr

    Susan Starr

    Susan Starr

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    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...

    Susan Starr
  • 1957
    American Football

    American Football

    American Football

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

    American Football
  • 1971
    The Sun Ship Game

    The Sun Ship Game

    The Sun Ship Game

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

    The Sun Ship Game
  • 1962
    Nehru

    Nehru

    Nehru

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

    Nehru