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Waiting for Hockney

Duration:

80 min

Genres:

Documentary

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Julie Checkoway

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Choptank, Maryland, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Billy Pappas

Himself (also archive footage: home movies)

Larry Link

Himself - Architect

Cookie Pappas

Herself

Bill Schulte

Himself

Ben Schapiro

Himself

Jeff Grutkowski

Himself - Friend

Stephanie Panos Link

Herself

Jim Pappas

Himself - Billy's Father (also archive footage: home movies)

Lawrence Weschler

Himself

Charlie Scheips

Himself

Gary Vikan

Himself - Museum Director (as Dr. Gary Vikan)

René Sterner

Himself - Billy's Administrator (as Brother Rene Sterner)

Gerneen Pappas

Herself (also archive footage)

Will Pappas

Himself

Neil Rhodes

Himself

Jimmy Pappas

Himself

Jill Adams

Herself

Fred Astaire

Himself (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Himself - President of the United States (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Himself - President of the United States (archive footage)

Doris Day

Herself (archive footage)

Gordon Edes

Himself - Boston Globe (archive sound)

Al Gore

Himself - Vice President of the United States (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix

Himself (archive footage)

David Hockney

Himself - Rockstar Artist (archive footage)

Leslie Howard

Sir Percy Blakeney

Raymond Massey

Chauvelin (archive footage: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" [1934])

Timothy McVeigh

Himself (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe

Herself (archive footage)

Mother Teresa

Herself (archive footage)

Jack Nicholson

Himself (archive footage)

Pope John Paul II

Himself - Pope (archive footage)

Elvis Presley

Himself (archive footage)

Princess Diana

Herself - Princess of Wales (archive footage)

Christopher Reeve

Himself (archive footage)

O.J. Simpson

Himself (archive footage)

Martha Stewart

Herself (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

Herself (archive footage)

Pete Townshend

Himself (archive footage)

The Who

Themselves (archive footage)

Did you know?

Trivia

As the opening credits appear, Billy Pappas is seen riding in a cab. The cab passes by a large Travertine marble building with six imposing columns supporting an imposing pediment. The building is the Baltimore Museum of Art, and two of the banners hanging in front of the building display the name of the museum, along with the commonly known acronym, "BMA".

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By the end of the filming, Pappas was still storing his drawing in the basement of his parents' Baltimore home.

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Even though the title of the film is 'Waiting for Hockney (2008)' and even though it concerns the quest by an artist to have his work seen and critiqued by David Hockney, and even though the artist does get to meet Hockney, Hockney is not shown live on camera, since he would only consent to still photographs at the meeting. Hockney is seen in archival footage and many photographs though.

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Quotes

Billy Pappas: There were no down moments in this thing... everything is hit it hard, like... my life depends on it. Let's let everything go to hell, except excellence... excellence at any cost.

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