Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983, English. Directed by D. A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus.
The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Billie Whitelaw, whom Schneider, ironically, had never met previously, and takes us through the rehearsal process of Beckett's newest play, including the recording of the dialogue, as almost all of it is voiceover. The final fifteen minutes of the film are the premiere performance in its entirety.
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- 0h 58m
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- 23 November 1983
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- United States of America
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- Samuel Beckett
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Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983) was directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus and stars Billie Whitelaw, Alan Schneider, Daniel Labeille.