Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Hard to find and rarest ultimate documentary from the iconic filmmaker Preston Sturges since early years at Europe breathing French culture side by side with his free mind mother, grudgingly by the way as he always made sure to point out it, back at America with his step-father has an idyllic life upon the shoulders of two wealthy heirs, kicked out aftermaths he soon envisages in theatre your gift to draw up a best screenplay, after a successful plays he was invited to write in Hollywood.

There he quickly reaches as top and best paid writer, nonetheless their scripts were utterly maimed by the directors, thus he wondering becomes a director aiming for got all control of production, therefore keeping his screenplay unspoilt hereinafter, his directorial debut was The Great McGinty that he offers for a symbolic one dollar price, as long as he got the so awaited direction, it didn't take so long he became one the most prolific Paramount fimmaker.

Although it has a hard price to pay, he enters in clash with a manager upon a massive control of schedule budge letting Sturges fed up, a break is coming, then an ill-fated partnership with the tycoon Howard Hughes an expected challenges due the rich man didn't allowed any loss at box-office and it triggers a split, also expose his many marriages, a true womanizer man, his last days don't worthwhile a mention, Sturges left an amazing legacy!!

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.