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nspired by Glen Frankel’s Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation and the Making of a Dark Classic, Desperate Souls goes behind the scenes to visually document the creation of a masterpiece made by complex and paradoxical characters in New York City, 1969, an era when all the rules of society were being questioned. The film features inside stories of the film’s production from cast members including Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, and Bob Balaban alongside interviews with cultural critics like J. Hoberman, Lucy Sante, Ian Buruma, and Charles Kaiser, who provide insight and perspective on the period of the film’s original release.
Original Release
04/23/2023
US Release
04/23/2023
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jon Voight | Self |
| Waldo Salt | Self |
| Jennifer Salt | Self - Actor, Screewriter / Daughter of Waldo Salt |
| John Schlesinger | Self |
| Bob Balaban | Self - Actor, Director |
| Adam Holender | Self - Cinematographer |
| Lucy Sante | Self - Author, 'Low Life' |
| Ian Buruma | Self - Author / Nephew of John Schlesinger |
| Dustin Hoffman | Self |
| Edmund White | Self - Author, 'A Boys Own Story' |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jon Voight | Self |
| Waldo Salt | Self |
| Jennifer Salt | Self - Actor, Screewriter / Daughter of Waldo Salt |
| John Schlesinger | Self |
| Bob Balaban | Self - Actor, Director |
| Adam Holender | Self - Cinematographer |
| Lucy Sante | Self - Author, 'Low Life' |
| Ian Buruma | Self - Author / Nephew of John Schlesinger |
| Dustin Hoffman | Self |
| Edmund White | Self - Author, 'A Boys Own Story' |
| Marsha P. Johnson | Self - Activist, Murdered July 6, 1992 |
| Charles Kaiser | Self - Author, 'The Gay Metropolis' |
| Mort Sahl | Self |
| Joseph N. Welch | Self - U.S. Army Chief Counsel |
| Joseph McCarthy | Self |
| Roy M. Cohn | Self |
| Charles Socarides | Self |
| J. Hoberman | Self - Film Critic |
| Saul Chaplin | Self - Producer |
| Brenda Vaccaro | Self - Actor |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| James Costa | Executive Producer |
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| J.C. Mills | Executive Producer |
| Glen Salzman | Executive Producer |
| Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
| Nathalie Seaver | Executive Producer |
| Mark Trustin | Executive Producer |
| Jamie Wolf | Executive Producer |
| Kim Brizzolara | Producer |
| Claire L. Chandler | Producer |
| Harlene Freezer | Producer |
| Robert Hillmann | Producer |
| Simon Kilmurry | Producer |
| Susan Margolin | Producer |
| Nancy Buirski | Producer |
