Release Date | 1970-12-09 |
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Runtime | 50 minutes |
Genres | Documentary |
Stars | George Plimpton, Jack Elam, Victor French, Howard Hawks, David Huddleston |
Directors | William Kronick, William Kronick, George Plimpton, William Kronick, Robert K. Lambert |
George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special.