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© 2013 Tashtego Films LLC.
All Rights Reserved.

CASTING BY
(Completed)

Directed by Tom Donahue
Producers: Kathryn Lacey, Ilan Arboleda, Joanna Colbert
Executive Producers: Steve Edwards, John Balis, Ed Durkin
Co-Executive Producer: Margaret Whitton
Genmaicha and Creative Chaos in association with Tashtego Films

A feature documentary about the history and impact of the Hollywood Casting Director featuring the accomplishments of the "one-woman casting revolution" Marion Dougherty. One of the last of the true Hollywood originals, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty had a career in movies and television that spanned 50 years. Marion Dougherty's legacy, well-represented in over 100 motion pictures  and over 1000 television programs, brought to the screens, large and  small, the likes of Al Pacino, Glenn Close, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Richard Gere, Christopher Walken, Mel Gibson, Debra Winger, Robert Duvall, Diane Lane, Brooke Shields, Brendan Fraser, Martin Sheen and Bette Midler, and enduring, timeless movie unforgettables such as The Sting, Midnight Cowboy, Slaughterhouse-Five, Lenny, Pretty Baby, The Last  Picture Show, The Killing Fields, A Little Romance, The Great Gatsby, The Man Without A Face, Lethal Weapon and Batman.

World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012, followed by a US Premiere at the New York Film Festival in October.



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