Directed by
| Florence Dauman | ||
| Dale Ann Stieber | ||
| Lance Bird | ... | (interview director) |
| Hal Lansberry | ... | (interview director) |
| Don McGlynn | ... | (interview director) (uncredited) |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Todd McCarthy | ||
| Michael Henry Wilson | ||
Cast (in credits order)
| Martin Scorsese | ... | Self | |
| Paul Schrader | ... | Self | |
| Peter Bogdanovich | ... | Self | |
| D.W. Griffith | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Erich von Stroheim | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| King Vidor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Josef von Sternberg | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Ford | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Orson Welles | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Samuel Fuller | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Cassavetes | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sam Peckinpah | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Self | |
| Francis Ford Coppola | ... | Self (as Francis Coppola) | |
| Robert Altman | ... | Self | |
| Alan Rudolph | ... | Self | |
| David Lynch | ... | Self | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Robert De Niro | ... | Self | |
| Gena Rowlands | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Woody Allen | ... | Alvy Singer (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Father John Mulcahy (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| George Bancroft | ... | Bill Roberts (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Richard Barthelmess | ... | The Yellow Man (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Keith Baxter | ... | Prince Hal (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Marisa Berenson | ... | Lady Honoria Lyndon (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Zina Bethune | ... | Girl (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Karen Black | ... | Rayette Dipesto (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ronee Blakley | ... | Barbara Jean (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | Dutch Engstrom (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Timothy Bottoms | ... | Sonny Crawford (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Willis Bouchey | ... | Actor 'Pick-Up on South Street' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Roger Bowen | ... | Col. Henry Blake (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Marlon Brando | ... | Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Peter Breck | ... | Actor 'Shock Corridor' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jeff Bridges | ... | Duane Jackson (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Clive Brook | ... | Captain 'Doc' Harvey (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Geneviève Bujold | ... | Nancy (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gary Burghoff | ... | Corporal 'Radar' O'Reilly (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| James Caan | ... | Kilgannon (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Harry Carey | ... | Snapper's Sidekick (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Lynn Carlin | ... | Maria Forst (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ben Carruthers | ... | Ben (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Chet (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Nathalie de Ville (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| James Coburn | ... | Pat Garrett (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Betty Compson | ... | Mae (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gary Cooper | ... | Howard Roark (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Robert Coote | ... | Roderigo (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Jedediah Leland (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Lydia (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Louise Dresser | ... | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Peter Falk | ... | Nick Longhetti (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Peter Fonda | ... | Wyatt (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Frederic Forrest | ... | Hank (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jessie Lee Fulton | ... | Miss Mosey (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ben Gazzara | ... | John Russo (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Henry Gibson | ... | Haven Hamilton (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Lillian Gish | ... | Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Lelia Goldoni | ... | Lelia (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Elliott Gould | ... | Trapper John McIntyre (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gibson Gowland | ... | McTeague (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Porter Hall | ... | Mr. Hadrian (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Leonard Harris | ... | Charles Palantine (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Daniel L. Haynes | ... | Zeke (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| David Hayward | ... | Kenny Fraiser (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Rita Hayworth | ... | Elsa Bannister (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Audrey Hepburn | ... | Angela Niotes (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jean Hersholt | ... | Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| William Holden | ... | Pike (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jeffrey Hunter | ... | Martin Pawley (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John Hurt | ... | John Merrick (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | Tector Gorch (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Diane Keaton | ... | Annie Hall (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Tom Keene | ... | John Sims (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Harvey Keitel | ... | Jerry (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Shirley Knight | ... | Natalie (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Yaphet Kotto | ... | Smokey (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Kris Kristofferson | ... | Billy The Kid (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Henry Kulky | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Michael Laurence | ... | Michael Cassio (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Spike Lee | ... | Mookie (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Micheál MacLiammóir | ... | Iago (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Joel McCrea | ... | John L. Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Nina Mae McKinney | ... | Chick (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| James Murray | ... | John Sims (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jack Nance | ... | Henry Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Akemi Negishi | ... | Actress 'Anatahan' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Robert Eroica Dupea (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Tim O'Kelly | ... | Bobby Thompson (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ryan O'Neal | ... | Barry Lyndon (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Warren Oates | ... | Lyle Gorch (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ken Ogata | ... | Yukio Mishima (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Chairman (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Candy (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| David Proval | ... | Tony (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Richard Pryor | ... | Zeke (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John Qualen | ... | Muley Bates (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John Ritter | ... | Charles Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John Schuck | ... | Capt. 'Painless' Waldowski (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Martin Sheen | ... | Captain Benjamin L. Willard (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Everett Sloane | ... | Arthur Bannister (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Hawkeye Pierce (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Lily Tomlin | ... | Linnea Reese (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Constance Towers | ... | Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Henry B. Walthall | ... | Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Mr. LeBrand (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John Wayne | ... | Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Richard Widmark | ... | Skip McCoy (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Gordon Prescott (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Natalie Wood | ... | Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Produced by
| Florence Dauman | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| John Bailey | ||
| Steve Baum | ||
| Frederick Elmes | ||
| Marc Gérard | ||
| Mead Hunt | ||
| Todd McClelland | ||
| Peter S. Rosen | ||
| Steven Wacks | ||
Editing by
| Stacey A. Foiles | ||
Sound Department
| Mark Weingarten | ... | sound mixer |
Additional Crew
| Kimberly Wright | ... | assistant to producer: AFI |
| Rick Sandford | ... | assistant (uncredited) |