Monte Hellman Movies

A retrospective documentary on the making of Monte Hellman's 1971 film TWO-LANE BLACKTOP.

When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses,...

This adventure is set in the Philippines and chronicles the exploits of two men who survive a plane crash in the jungle. One of the men is an...

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

A young musician recovers from the loss of his girlfriend with the help of his female filmmaker friend, and even forms a friendship with the rival...

Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.

Set in 1950's Hollywood, two filmmakers become unlikely friends: Leo, who writes violent B-movies, and Stanley, a promising director. Nothing can...

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

Documentary by Luc Lagier exploring Godard's career as a filmmaker, the production of Breathless and his influence and his relationship with American...

Interview film with Monte Hellman.

After not having seen each other in thirty-five years, Monte Hellman and James Taylor sat down for this conversation, recorded in the fall of 2007 in...

A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.

During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese...

A short film made for Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded (2013).

This interview features director Monte Hellman and singer-songwriter-actor Kris Kristofferson. It was filmed in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007.

Monte Hellman was born in 1932. By 1986 he made eight features, but had not directed for six years. I had made as many documentaries, but had not...