Story :An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Cast
Michael McdermottSelf - Photojournalist
A. E. HotchnerSelf - Writer
Jean MillerSelf - Salinger's Friend
Gore VidalSelf - Writer
Tom WolfeSelf - Writer
John GuareSelf - Playwright
Philip Seymour HoffmanSelf - Actor
Martin SheenSelf - Actor
Harvey JasonSelf - Rare Bookseller
Paul AlexanderSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Richard StaytonSelf - Book Editor
Robert TowneSelf - Screenwriter
A. Scott BergSelf - Writer
Michael ClarksonSelf - Salinger's Fan
E. L. DoctorowSelf - Writer
David ShieldsSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Don CongdonSelf - Book Editor
Leila Hadley LuceSelf - Salinger's Friend
Ben YagodaSelf - New Yorker Biographer
John UnrueSelf - Salinger's Biographer
Jay NeugeborenSelf - Writer
Thomas KunkelSelf - New Yorker Biographer
Jane ScovellSelf - O. O'Neill's Biographer
Mark HowlandSelf - Teacher
David RoderickSelf - D-Day Veteran
Alex KershawSelf - War Historian
John FitzgeraldSelf - Son of P. Fitzgerald, CIC
Sean HemingwaySelf - E. Hemingway's Grandson
Ethel NelsonSelf - Salinger's Friend
Jonathan SchwartzSelf - Writer
David Victor HarrisSelf - L. Fosburgh's Widower
Jack WenkeSelf - Writer
Deborah Dash MooreSelf - War Historian
Elizabeth FrankSelf - Writer
Robert AbzugSelf - Holocaust Historian
Eberhard AlsenSelf - Writer
Michael SilverblattSelf - Literary Critic
John RomanoSelf - Screenwriter
David HuddleSelf - Writer
Phoebe HobanSelf - Writer
Himan BrownSelf - TV Producer
John LeggettSelf - Writer
Edward NortonSelf - Actor
Marc WeingartenSelf - Writer
Geraldine McGowanSelf - Writer
John CusackSelf - Actor
Judd ApatowSelf - Filmmaker
Ved MehtaSelf - Writer
Glenn Gordon CaronSelf - Writer
Tony BillSelf - Filmmaker
Ted RussellSelf - Photographer
Chris KubicaSelf - Writer
Joyce MaynardSelf - Writer
Stephen SpiroSelf - NYPD Officer
Fred FogoSelf - Writer
Jay MartinSelf - Pyschologist
J. Reid MeloySelf - Forensic Psychologist
Jon WienerSelf - Historian
Stephen J. WhitfieldSelf - Historian
Betty EppesSelf - Journalist
Stephen Adly GuirgisSelf - Playwright
Lawrence GrobelSelf - Writer
Chad ReingoldSelf - Writer
Robert BoytonSelf - Journalist
Todd Lewis BrandenburgJ. D. Salinger
Alexa RyanDrama Reconstruction Player
Julie WarnockDrama Reconstruction Player
Anthony SaviniBob Giroux
Alex BergmanThe Imaginary Friend
Zoe Vela PageDrama Reconstruction Player
Werner KleemanSelf - Salinger's Friend (archive footage)
Oona O'NeillSelf (archive footage)
J. D. SalingerSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Ernest HemingwaySelf - Writer (archive footage)
William MaxwellSelf - New Yorker Editor (archive footage)
Samuel GoldwynSelf - Film Producer (archive footage)
Margaret SalingerSelf - Salinger's Daughter (archive footage)
Mark David ChapmanSelf (archive footage)
John LennonSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Marcia ClarkSelf - Former Deputy DA (archive footage)