Maidstone
A Mystery by Norman Mailer
106 mins
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. This gonzo narrative, “an inkblot test of Mailer’s own subconscious” (Time), becomes something like a documentary on its own making when costar Rip Torn breaks the fourth wall in one of cinema’s most alarming on-screen outbursts.
Jean Campbell
Jeanne Cardigan
Lee Cook
Lazarus
Buzz Farber
Luis
Robert Gardiner
Secret Service Chief
Leo Garen
The Producer
Luba Harrington
Russian Delegate
Adeline Naiman
Adeline McCarthy
Buzz Farber
Producer
Leo Garen
Associate Producer
Nicholas T. Proferes
Cinematography
Diane Rochlin
Cinematography
Diane Rocklin
Cinematography
Sheldon Rochlin
Cinematography
Jan Welt
Editor
Lana Jokel
Editor
Jan Welt
Cinematography
Carol Stevens
Original Music Composer