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  • Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025)
  • 90 min | Documentary, Biography
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025)
90 min | Documentary, Biography

A feature documentary profiling the most revered screenwriter in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky stands alone as the only writer to win three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay: for Marty (1955), The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976).
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Anne Chertoff (producer)
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Updated Jul 27, 2025

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Jul 27, 2025 (United States)

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52 cast members
Name Known for
Paddy Chayefsky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dave Itzkoff
Self - Journalist, New York Times Self - Journalist, New York Times   See fewer
Justin Simien
Self - Writer / Self - Director Self - Writer / Self - Director   See fewer
Phil Alden Robinson
Self - Writer / Self - Director Self - Writer / Self - Director   See fewer
Sam Wasson
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Julia Turner
Self - Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times Self - Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times   See fewer
Mike Medavoy
Self - Producer Self - Producer   See fewer
William Holden
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Faye Dunaway
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Finch
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Beatrice Straight
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Ned Beatty
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Duvall
Self - Network (archive footage) Self - Network (archive footage)   See fewer
Julie Andrews
Self - The Americanization of Emily (archive footage) Self - The Americanization of Emily (archive footage)   See fewer
James Garner
Self - The Americanization of Emily (archive footage) Self - The Americanization of Emily (archive footage)   See fewer
Fredric March
Self - Middle of the Night (archive footage) Self - Middle of the Night (archive footage)   See fewer
Kim Novak
Self - Middle of the Night (archive footage) Self - Middle of the Night (archive footage)   See fewer
George C. Scott
Self - The Hospital (archive footage) Self - The Hospital (archive footage)   See fewer
Diana Rigg
Self - The Hospital (archive footage) Self - The Hospital (archive footage)   See fewer
Kim Stanley
Self - The Goddess (archive footage) Self - The Goddess (archive footage)   See fewer
Ernest Borgnine
Self - Marty (archive footage) Self - Marty (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Falk
Self - The Tenth Man (archive sound) Self - The Tenth Man (archive sound)   See fewer
Bob Fosse
Self - Director (archive footage) Self - Director (archive footage)   See fewer
Garson Kanin
Self - Director (archive footage) Self - Director (archive footage)   See fewer
Elia Kazan
Self - Director (archive footage) Self - Director (archive footage)   See fewer
Sidney Lumet
Self - Director (archive sound) Self - Director (archive sound)   See fewer
Delbert Mann
Self - Director (archive footage) (archive sound) Self - Director (archive footage) (archive sound)   See fewer
Fred Coe
Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
Howard Gottfried
Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
Harold Hecht
Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
Rod Serling
Self - Writer / Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Writer / Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
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