A Fuller Life

Aug 28, 2013

1h 20m

★ 6.6

Overview

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Chrisam Films

A Fuller Life Trailers

Cast

Self

Samuel Fuller

Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")

James Franco

Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

Jennifer Beals

Self - Reader (segment "Freelance")

Bill Duke

Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")

Wim Wenders

Self - Reader (segment "Grab 'Em. Slap 'Em. Shake 'Em up.")

Constance Towers

Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")

William Friedkin

Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")

Joe Dante

Self - Reader (segment "The Big Red One: Griff")

Mark Hamill

Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")

Tim Roth

Self - Reader (segment "The Big Red One: Zab")

Robert Carradine

Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")

Monte Hellman

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