The most famous grin in Hollywood hid a secret: he wanted to call 'action.'
We all know Jack Nicholson the actor. But few know the history of Jack Nicholson the screenwriter, and especially Jack Nicholson the director. Nicholson's lifelong friend, filmmaker Henry Jaglom, reflects on the icon's behind-the-camera career, while film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer presents and analyzes the full scope of that history.
Direction
Kremer unpacks a career that almost wasn't.
Production
Rare footage of Nicholson's actual directorial work.
Director
Daniel Kremer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nicholson's 1971 directorial debut 'Drive, He Said' was based on a Jeremy Larner novel and featured a young Karen Black; it flopped so hard it disappeared for decades.
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