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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 1 h 17 m

Summary Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is an impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs. The film explores the actor's enigmatic outlook on his life, his unexploited talents as a musician, and includes candid r...

Directed By: Sophie Huber

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 1 h 17 m

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is an impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs. The film explores the actor's enigmatic outlook on his life, his unexploited talents as a musician, and includes candid r...

Directed By: Sophie Huber

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
75
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9 Reviews
18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
75
82% Positive
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18% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Sep 10, 2013
Matching her subject’s lackadaisical rhythms, Ms. Huber has shaped an unusually poetic biopic.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
89
Sep 25, 2013
Alternating between color footage and the genius interplay of startlingly lovely sequences of Stanton singing and playing harmonica in granular black-and-white, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction perfectly captures the essence of the man.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
88
Sep 13, 2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Party Fiction takes a dreamy and philosophical approach, reflecting the personality of the man who is its subject.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 3, 2013
Through luck or Huber’s eye for the odd detail, it adds up to an unexpectedly moving portrait of a maverick at twilight.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 13, 2013
It’s a truism, reinforced here, that actors often are the last to comprehend how they do what they do. No matter. What they give us is all that counts.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 9, 2013
An enigmatic and perhaps occasionally overly deferential documentary about one of the all-time great character actors, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, is slow out of the gate, but gently, ever so gently, builds to a thoughtful portrait of a thoughtful man.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 9, 2013
Though occasionally aesthetically alluring and evocative, feels like an introductory chapter to a more substantive, sprawling study of the actor.
By Chris Cabin FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
57% Positive
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29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company hugofilm, isotopefilms
Release Date Sep 13, 2013
Duration 1 h 17 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/HarryDeanStantonPartlyFiction
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Awards

Cork International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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