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Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Nov 23, 1983 · 58m
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Drama
Documentary

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Billie Whitelaw
The Actress
Alan Schneider
The Director
Daniel Labeille
The Producer
Esther Kling
The Costume Designer
Martin Esslin
Samuel Beckett
Self (archive footage)
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
—
Production
Pennebaker Hegedus Films, The State University of New York
Country
US
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