PREVIEW: Sr. (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Robert Downey Sr., Robert Downey Jr., Paul Thomas Anderson, Alan Arkin, Sean Hayes, Norman Lear, Lawrence Wolf

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Smith (Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal), director, cinematographer; Kevin Ford (People Are Dead), producer, cinematographer, editor; Robert Downey Jr. (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints), Susan Downey (The Judge) and Emily Barclay Ford (Wasted), producers; Amanda C. Griffin (Changing the Game) and Daniel Koehler (Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

An account of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr., the visionary filmmaker who became a pioneer for the countercultural comedies of the 1960s and 1970s…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

You may know very well who his son is – least of all because they share the same name – but the life and legacy of the late Robert Downey Sr. is full of other treasures that are unearthed in this tender and irreverent biographical documentary.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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