[3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories[4] on September 7, 2018.

[5] The film is a celebration of his life and work set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in filmmaking.

Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry.

[6] Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018"[7] and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival".

The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work.