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Film Geek

Film Geek (2023)★ 7.3/10

US · 95 min · September 22, 2023

  • Documentary

Directed by: Richard Shepard

Written by: Richard Shepard

A filmmaker explores his movie obsession and father's influence through 200+ film clips and personal archives, seeking to understand his cinematic roots.

Directed by

Richard Shepard

Written by

Richard Shepard

Cast & crew

Richard ShepardSelf - Narrator (voice)Dustin HoffmanSelf (archiveFootage)Bud AbbottSelf - Actor, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jack AlbertsonSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Karen AllenSelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Nancy AllenSelf - Actress, Dressed to Kill (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Julie AndrewsSelf - Actress, The Sound of Music (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Fred AstaireSelf - Actor, The Towering Inferno (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Lauren BacallSelf - Actress, Murder on the Orient Express (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Martin BalsamSelf - Actor, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Belinda BauerSelf - Actress, Winter Kills (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Ingrid BergmanSelf - Actress, Casablanca (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sandra BernhardSelf - Actress, The King of Comedy (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Linda BlairSelf - Actress, The Exorcist (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Humphrey BogartSelf - Actor, Casablanca (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Ray BolgerSelf - Actor, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Michael BollnerSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)David BowieSelf - Actor, The Hunger (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter BoyleSelf - Actor, Young Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Marlon BrandoSelf - Actor, Apocalypse Now (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jeff BridgesSelf - Actor, Winter Kills (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Adrien BrodySelf - Actor, Oxygen (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James BrolinSelf - Actor, Capricorn One (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Charles BronsonSelf - Actor, Death Wish (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Albert BrooksSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mel BrooksSelf - Actor, High Anxiety (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Pierce BrosnanSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Bryan BrownSelf - Actor, Breaker Morant (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Phil BrownSelf - Actor. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Logan BrowningSelf - (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James CaanSelf - Actor, The Godfather (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Nicolas CageSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Michael CaineSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Truman CapoteSelf - Actor, Murder by Death (uncredited) (archiveFootage)John CazaleSelf - Actor, Dog Day Afternoon (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard ChamberlainSelf - Actor, The Towering Inferno (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Charles ChaplinSelf - Actor, The Gold Rush (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Dennis ChristopherSelf - Actor, Breaking Away (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jill ClayburghSelf - Actress, An Unmarried Woman (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Julie Dawn ColeSelf - Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Francis Ford CoppolaSelf - Director, Apocalypse Now (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Lou CostelloSelf - Actor, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Joseph CottenSelf - Actor, The Third Man (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Ben CrossSelf - Actor, Chariots of Fire (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Scatman CrothersSelf - Actor, The Shining (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Tony CurtisSelf - Actor, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Anthony DanielsSelf - Actor, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Daniel Day-LewisSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robert De NiroSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Catherine DeneuveSelf - Actress, The Hunger (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Nora DenneySelf - Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Angie DickinsonSelf - Actress, Dressed to Kill (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Matt DillonSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James DoohanSelf - Actor, Star Trek (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard DreyfussSelf - Actor, Jaws (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Keir DulleaSelf - Actor, 2001: A Space Odyssey (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Faye DunawaySelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Dominique DunneSelf - Actress, Poltergeist (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Griffin DunneSelf - Actor, An American Werewolf in London (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robert DuvallSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Shelley DuvallSelf - Actress, The Shining (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Roger EbertSelf - Film Critic (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Hector ElizondoSelf - Actor, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Denholm ElliottSelf - Actor, Raiders of the Lost Ark (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter FalkSelf - Actor, The In Laws (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Marty FeldmanSelf - Actor, Young Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)America FerreraSelf - Actress, Ugly Betty (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Albert FinneySelf - Actor, Shoot the Moon (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Carrie FisherSelf - Actress, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Errol FlynnSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Harrison FordSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Frederic ForrestSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Judy GarlandSelf - Actress, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Teri GarrSelf - Actress, Young Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Lorraine GarySelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard GereSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mel GibsonSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)John GielgudSelf - Actor, Caligula (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Keith GordonSelf - Actor, Dressed to Kill (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Cary GrantSelf - Actor, To Catch a Thief (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Lorne GreeneSelf - Actor, Earthquake (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sydney GreenstreetSelf - Actor, Casablanca (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Andre GregorySelf - Actor, My Dinner with Andre (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Alec GuinnessSelf - Actor, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Gene HackmanSelf - Actor, The French Connection (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jack HaleySelf - Actor, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jackie Earle HaleySelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mark HamillSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)George HamiltonSelf - Actor, Love at First Bite (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Margaret HamiltonSelf - Actress, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Tippi HedrenSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Levon HelmSelf - Musician, The Last Waltz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Justin HenrySelf - Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Audrey HepburnSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Charlton HestonSelf - Actor, Planet of the Apes (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Judd HirschSelf - Actor, Ordinary People (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Alfred HitchcockSelf - Film Director (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Hal HolbrookSelf - Actor, Capricorn One (uncredited) (archiveFootage)William HootkinsSelf - Actor, Raiders of the Lost Ark (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Edward Everett HortonSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sally Ann HowesSelf - Actress, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (uncredited) (archiveFootage)William HurtSelf - Actor, Body Heat (uncredited) (archiveFootage)John HustonSelf - Actor, Winter Kills (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Timothy HuttonSelf - Actor, Ordinary People (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jill IrelandSelf - Actress, Breakout (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jeremy IronsSelf - Actor, Betrayal (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Carol KaneSelf - Actress, When a Stranger Calls (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Boris KarloffSelf - Actor, Frankenstein (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Danny KayeSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Diane KeatonSelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Gene KellySelf - Actor, Singin' in the Rain (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Stephen KingSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Roy KinnearSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Terry KinneySelf - Actor, Oxygen (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Kevin KlineSelf - Actor, Sophie's Choice (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Kris KristoffersonSelf - Actor, Heaven's Gate (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Bert LahrSelf - Actor, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Burt LancasterSelf - Actor, Local Hero (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jessica LangeSelf - Actress, Frances (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jude LawSelf - Actor, Dom Hemingway (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Bruce LeeSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jerry LewisSelf - Actor, The King of Comedy (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mark Linn-BakerSelf - Actor, My Favorite Year (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Cleavon LittleSelf - Actor, Blazing Saddles (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Danny LloydSelf - Actor, The Shining (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter LorreSelf - Actor, Casablanca (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Fred MacMurraySelf - Actor, Double Indemnity (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter MacNicolSelf - Actor, Sophie's Choice (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Karl MaldenSelf - Actor, Meteor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Steve MartinSelf - Actor, Pennies from Heaven (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Groucho MarxSelf - Actor, A Day at the Races (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James MasonSelf - Actor, The Verdict (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Walter MatthauSelf - Actor, Earthquake (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Roddy McDowallSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Malcolm McDowellSelf - Actor, A Clockwork Orange (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Elizabeth McGovernSelf - Actress, Ordinary People (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Steve McQueenSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Burgess MeredithSelf - Actor, Rocky (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Barry MillerSelf - Actor, Saturday Night Fever (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Helen MirrenSelf - (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Alfred MolinaSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Ricardo MontalbanSelf - Actor, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mary Tyler MooreSelf - Actress, Ordinary People (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Roger MooreSelf - Actor, The Spy Who Loved Me (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Frank MorganSelf - Actor, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Cathy MoriartySelf - Actress, Raging Bull (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Elisabeth MossSelf - (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Zero MostelSelf - Actor, The Producers (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mr. TSelf - Actor, Rocky III (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Michael MurphySelf - Actor, An Unmarried Woman (uncredited) (archiveFootage)David NaughtonSelf - Actor, An American Werewolf in London (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James NaughtonSelf - Actor, Oxygen (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Barry NelsonSelf - Actor, The Shining (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Paul NewmanSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jack NicholsonSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Denise NickersonSelf - Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Leonard NimoySelf - Actor, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (uncredited) (archiveFootage)David NivenSelf - Actor, Murder by Death (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard NixonSelf - Actor, All the President's Men (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Donald O'ConnorSelf - Actor, Singin' in the Rain (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Ryan O'NealSelf - Actor, Paper Moon (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Tatum O'NealSelf - Actress, Paper Moon (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Heather O'RourkeSelf - Actress, Poltergeist (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter O'TooleSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter OstrumSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Al PacinoSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sean PennSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Anthony PerkinsSelf - Actor, Psycho 2 (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Joe PesciSelf - Actor, Raging Bull (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Donna PescowSelf - Actress, Saturday Night Fever (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Bernadette PetersEileen (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sidney PoitierSelf - Actor, Uptown Saturday Night (uncredited) (archiveFootage)David ProwseSelf - Actor, Star Wars (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard PryorSelf - Actor, Superman III (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Dennis QuaidSelf - Actor, Breaking Away (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Charlotte RamplingSelf - Actress, The Verdict (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Basil RathboneSelf - Actor, The Hound of the Baskervilles (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robert RedfordSelf - Actor, All the President's Men (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Christopher ReeveSelf - Actor, Superman III (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Debbie ReynoldsSelf - Actress, Singin' in the Rain (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter RiegertSelf - Actor, Local Hero (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jason RobardsSelf - Actor, All the President's Men (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robbie RobertsonSelf - Musician, The Last Waltz (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Edward G. RobinsonSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Richard RoundtreeSelf - Actor, Earthquake (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Roy ScheiderSelf - Actor, Jaws (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Martin ScorseseSelf - Film Director (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Peter SellersSelf - Actor, Dr. Strangelove (uncredited) (archiveFootage)William ShatnerSelf - Actor, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robert ShawSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Wallace ShawnSelf - Actor, My Dinner with Andre (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Martin SheenSelf - Actor, Apocalypse Now (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Talia ShireSelf - Actress, Rocky (uncredited) (archiveFootage)O.J. SimpsonSelf - Actor, The Towering Inferno (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Gene SiskelSelf - Film Critic (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Diana SowleSelf - Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sylvester StalloneSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Harry Dean StantonSelf - Actor, Straight Time (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Barbara StanwyckSelf - Actress, Double Indemnity (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Daniel SternSelf - Actor, Breaking Away (uncredited) (archiveFootage)James StewartSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Paul StewartSelf - Actor, Citizen Kane (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jerry StillerSelf - Actor, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Leonard StoneSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Meryl StreepSelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Donald SutherlandSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Buddy SwanSelf - Actor, Citizen Kane (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Elizabeth TaylorSelf - Actress, Winter Kills (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Rod TaylorSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Paris ThemmenSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Maura TierneySelf - Actress, Oxygen (uncredited) (archiveFootage)John TravoltaSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Kathleen TurnerSelf - Actress, Body Heat (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Dick Van DykeSelf - Actor, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Robert VaughnSelf - Actor (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jon VoightSelf - Actor, Midnight Cowboy (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Christopher WalkenSelf - Actor, The Dogs of War (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Jack WardenSelf - Actor, The Verdict (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Emily WatsonSelf - Actress, Breaking the Waves (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Carl WeathersSelf - Actor, Rocky (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sigourney WeaverSelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Orson WellesSelf - Actor, The Third Man (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Gene WilderSelf - Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Allison WilliamsSelf - Actress, The Perfection (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Billy Dee WilliamsSelf - Actor, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (uncredited) (archiveFootage)JoBeth WilliamsSelf - Actress, Poltergeist (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Treat WilliamsSelf - Actor, Prince in the City (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Debra WingerSelf - Actress, An Officer and a Gentleman (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Fay WraySelf - Actress, King Kong (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Burt YoungSelf - Actor, Rocky (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Sean YoungSelf - Actress (uncredited) (archiveFootage)