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Shepard & Dark

An intimate look into the forty-plus year friendship and correspondence between playwright-actor Sam Shepard and his reclusive friend and former father-in-law, Johnny Dark.

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  • "Conversation with Treva Wurmfeld"@en
  • "Shepard & Dark"@en

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  • "An intimate look into the forty-plus year friendship and correspondence between playwright-actor Sam Shepard and his reclusive friend and former father-in-law, Johnny Dark."@en
  • "Documentary film maker, Treva Wurmfeld, discusses the making of the documentary, with additional insight into the friendship between Shepard and Dark."@en
  • "Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark met in the early '60s and remained close friends despite living very different lives. Shepard became a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and an Academy Award-nominated author while Dark was a homebody with a penchant for photography and letter writing."@en
  • "Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark met in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and, despite leading very different lives, remained close friends ever since. Shepard became a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (Buried Child) and an Academy Award-nominated actor (The Right Stuff), while Dark was a homebody who supported himself with odd jobs. Through the decades, they stayed bonded by family ties. Dark married an older woman named Scarlett and Shepard married her daughter. For years, the two couples lived together, until Shepard broke away for a relationship with Jessica Lange in 1983, leaving Johnny to help father his first son. Nevertheless, he and Dark continued writing to each other, amassing hundreds of letters. Director Treva Wurmfeld began filming the two friends in 2010 during a period of transition and reflection for Shepard. At the time, he had quietly ended his relationship with Lange and agreed to publish his correspondence with Dark. The task required them to meet and sift through years of their shared history, stirring memories both good and bad. Wurmfeld observes the two men over a period of 18 months and captures an indelible portrait of a complex male friendship rarely depicted on screen. One of the 50 Best Undistributed Films of 2012, Film Comment. Winner! Woodstock Film Festival 2012, Best Documentary & Best Editing. Winner! Cleveland International Film Festival 2013, Nesnadny and Schwartz Documentary Film Competition "Offers not just an intimate perspective on the playwright's biography but some touching reflections on the comforts and perils of long-term friendship." - John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter. "Tragic and tender, full of the passion of lives lived fully on their own terms." - Steve Dollar, The Wall Street Journal."@en
  • "Filmed over 18 months, this documentary is an indelible portrait of a complex male friendship rarely depicted on screen. Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark met in New York in the early 1960s and, despite leading very different lives, remained close friends. Shepard became a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and an Academy Award-nominated actor, while Dark was a homebody who supported himself with odd jobs. Nevertheless, he and Dark continued writing to each other, amassing hundreds of letters."@en

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  • "Biographical films"@en
  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "Filmed interviews"@en
  • "Interviews"@en
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Records and correspondence"@en
  • "Feature films"@en

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  • "Shepard & Dark"@en
  • "Shepard and Dark"@en
  • "Shepard & Dark a conversation with director Treva Wurmfeld"@en

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