- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 85 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Neve Campbell, James Toback ... see all
- Director: Nicholas Jarecki
- Plot: The Outsider gives a very inside look at what it means to be a filmmaker. Jarecki follows legendary writer/director James Toback (The Gambler, Two Girls and a Guy, Bugsy) through... Read more
User Reviews
I liked all the famous people
May 29, 2007
higginsmary1 - yahoo.com
May 29, 2007higginsmary1 - yahoo.com
I liked seing how they make a film. I also liked the famous people like Brook Shields and Harvey Keitel and Robert Downey Jr. I liked all the pictures they included. I thought the thing moved along quickly so I was... Full review
Tribeca
Nov 25, 2006
jasbush21 - yahoo.com
Nov 25, 2006jasbush21 - yahoo.com
I saw this at Tribeca one Friday night with my wife while we were in town. We enjoyed it, but felt Nick Jarecki was a bit snobbish/pushy when the audience wanted to ask their own questions to Mr Tobeck.... Full review
Critics Reviews
filmcritic.com
great movies ( Fingers ), but here, it is presupposed....Woody Allen, and Brett Ratner talk about Toback's style and why his films, notoriously personal and unyielding to audience expectations, are so good but so unseen.....Director Nicholas Jarecki, a relative of the genius documentary brothers Eugene and Andrew Jarecki, really loves Toback and his way of thinking.....What made that film so openly honest....James Toback is a genius..... ... Full Review
filmcritic.com
great movies ( Fingers ), but here, it is presupposed....Woody Allen, and Brett Ratner talk about Toback's style and why his films, notoriously personal and unyielding to audience expectations, are so good but so unseen.....Director Nicholas Jarecki, a relative of the genius documentary brothers Eugene and Andrew Jarecki, really loves Toback and his way of thinking.....What made that film so openly honest....James Toback is a genius..... ... Full Review
News
GOOD Worldwide has acquired the rights to adapt into a film "The Outsider," Richard Wright's novel looking at racism in America.Previously operating under the Reason Pictures banner, GOOD's Zach Miller and Ben Goldhirsh will produce the project. ... Full Article
The Outsider Makes His Exit
cbc.ca –
2006-11-21
The Outsider
slantmagazine.com –
2006-06-12
he Outsider doesn't have the edge of a race-conscious James Toback film. Shot during the filming of the director's fine When Will I Be Loved , this documentary portrait of the esoteric motormouth behind provocations like Fingers and Black and... ... Full Article
'The Outsider'
villagevoice.com –
2006-06-06
Named for auteur d'exc?s James Toback , whose career since Fingers has been one big guilty pleasure, Nicholas Jarecki 's The Outsider is among the great docs about moviemaking; you'd compare it to Hearts of Darkness and Burden of Dreams... ... Full Article

The Outsider
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