I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Jan 16, 2009

0h 39m

★ 6.9

A Tribute to John Cazale

Overview

John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Oscilloscope

RAT Entertainment

HBO Documentary Films

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

John Cazale

Self

Al Pacino

Self

Meryl Streep

Self

Robert De Niro

Self

Olympia Dukakis

Self

Gene Hackman

Self

Carol Kane

Self

Steve Buscemi

Self

Richard Dreyfuss

Self

Francis Ford Coppola

Self

Sam Rockwell

Self

Sidney Lumet

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7.2

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6.1

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4.8

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6.4

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4.5

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No overview available.

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6.4

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4.9

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7.1

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7.4

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7.3

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0.0

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7.5

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6.2

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5.3

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0.0

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