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Andrew Sarris(1928-2012)

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Andrew Sarris
'For the Love of Movies' is the first documentary to dramatize the rich history of American film criticism -- from the raw beginnings before The Birth of a Nation to the current battle for audience between youthful website populists and the veteran print
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Andrew Sarris was born on 31 October 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980). He was married to Molly Haskell. He died on 20 June 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
BornOctober 31, 1928
DiedJune 20, 2012(83)
BornOctober 31, 1928
DiedJune 20, 2012(83)
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Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980)
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed
6.9
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1980
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
7.1
  • Self
  • 1972
Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1954)
Camera Three
7.3
TV Series
  • Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
6.3
  • Self
  • 2009

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Writer

  • Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980)
    Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • contributing writer
    • 1980
  • Promise at Dawn (1970)
    Promise at Dawn
    6.3
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Anouk Aimée, Robert Forster, Michael York, and Dirk Bogarde in Justine (1969)
    Justine
    5.4
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1969

Additional Crew

  • When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
    When It Was a Game 2
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • consultant (uncredited)
    • 1992

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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
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  • Born
    • October 31, 1928
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • June 20, 2012
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(complications from a stomach infection)
  • Spouse
    • Molly HaskellMay 31, 1969 - June 20, 2012 (his death)
  • Other works
    Book: "The Films of Josef von Sternberg"
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Interviews
    • 3 Articles

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    Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 37th Venice International Film Festival in 1980.
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    [on Cecil B. DeMille] He remained true to the literary tradition of [James Fenimore Cooper's] "Leatherstocking Tales" and to the dramatic conventions of David Belasco.

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