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Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983)

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983)

Drama Documentary
Release Date: 1983, November 23
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Countries: United States of America
Production: Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, The State University of New York, The State University of New York
Cast: Billie Whitelaw

Overview:

The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Billie Whitelaw, whom Schneider, ironically, had never met previously, and takes us through the rehearsal process of Beckett's newest play, including the recording of the dialogue, as almost all of it is voiceover. The final fifteen minutes of the film are the premiere performance in its entirety.