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Wikipedia article
'Agee' is a 1980 American documentary film[https://www.tvguide.com/movies/agee/2030003957/ TV Guide] about the writer and film critic James Agee[https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1980/11/the-awkward-agee/ The Awkward Agee|Jonathan Rosenbaum] directed and produced by Ross Spears.[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 1981|Oscars.org] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[https://mubi.com/films/agee MUBI]
Cast
* James Agee - Himself (archive footage)
* Mia Agee - Herself
* Mae Burroughs - Herself
* Jimmy Carter - Himself
* Walker Evans - Himself (voice)
* Robert Fitzgerald - Himself
* James Flye - Himself
* John Huston - Himself
* Dwight Macdonald - Himself
* Earl McCarroll - James Agee (voice)
* Alma Neuman - Herself
* Robert Saudek - Himself
* Elizabeth Tingle - Herself
* Olivia Wood - Herself[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/484375/Agee/ TCM.com]
Reception and accolades
'Agee' was well received by critics and the film community to the point of receiving a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 53rd Academy Awards and winning the Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film Festival.[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUg1J1owor8 Documentary Winners: 1981 Oscars][http://www.ageefilms.org/agee.html 'Agee'] at the James Agee Film Project/Agee Films
See also
*'Life Itself'-2014 documentary film by Steve James about Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert
*Classical Hollywood cinema
*1980 in film
References
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