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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

2019
Directed byDiana Friedberg
2h 0m

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.

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Max SteinerSelf (archive footage)Lionel FriedbergNarratorLeonard MaltinSelf
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Ray FaiolaMax Steiner (voice)
Jon BurlingameSelf
Robert TownsonSelf
Joe RinaudoSelf
Scott LaskySelf
Stan TaffelSelf
Ken RosenSelf
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.6

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