Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 50 min
  • Premiere: 1970. December 9.

George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special.

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Jules Brenner

Director of Photography

Michael D. Margulies

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Camera

Jules Brenner

Director of Photography

Michael D. Margulies

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Writing