Film Forum

“He had a modesty about him, but also a sense of reality, a groundedness about how the world really worked. He seemed to know something about everything.”
– Al Pacino

A retrospective of the short but extraordinary movie career of actor JOHN CAZALE (1935-1978), whose five films were all Oscar® Best Picture winners or nominees: THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER PART II, THE CONVERSATION, THE DEER HUNTER, DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

Also playing this week: free screenings of documentary I KNEW IT WAS YOU: REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE (Richard Shepard, 2009), featuring interviews with Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Sidney Lumet, Francis Ford Coppola, Meryl Streep, and Gene Hackman. Director Richard Shepard will appear in person opening weekend.

Programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum Repertory Artistic Director.

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