First Works

First Works — Plot

First Works is an exciting collection of uncensored interviews with this generation's most successful filmmakers. Academy Award winners Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Oliver Stone (Born On The Fourth Of July), and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) reveal their major influences, inspirations, and thoughts on the process of making movies. Featured clips include footage of award-winning student films and from blockbuster hits such as Platoon and Lethal Weapon. Golden Globes and Oscar nominee Martin Scorsese on religion, and Susan Seidelman, director of Sex And The City bridges the gender gap. Find out how past experiences, triumphs, and tragedies shape the work of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood.

• Release date
• October 10, 1989
• Runtime
• 260 min
• Genres
• Documentary

First Works — Cast

Oliver Stone Self Paul Mazursky Self Robert Zemeckis Self Taylor Hackford Self Spike Lee Self Roger Corman Self Richard Benjamin Self Martin Scorsese Self