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Article: `Directed by John Ford,' premiering Tuesday on TCM.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2006
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Byline: Hal Boedeker
Clint Eastwood calls John Ford "the granddaddy of all directors." John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart talk about the challenges of working with brilliant but belittling Ford. Katharine Hepburn and Ford are heard in an intimate conversation expressing their affection for each other.
The documentary "Directed by John Ford" contains treasures to astound any movie buff. The film, which premieres at 8 p.m. EST Tuesday on TCM, has it own unusual lore.
Peter Bogdanovich wrote and directed the work twice. He offered a version in 1971, two years before Ford died.
Now Bogdanovich, whose films include "The Last Picture ...