The Last Movie Stars Chapter One: Cosmic Orphans (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary

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The Last Movie Stars

Chapter One: Cosmic Orphans (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary

In the early 1950s, aspiring actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward meet as understudies on Broadway, sparking two of Hollywood's most iconic careers and a decades long love story. There's just one problem: Paul is already married.

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35 cast members

Name	Known for
Brooks Ashmanskas Gore Vidal / Self Gore Vidal / Self See fewer	Julie & Julia (2009)
Karen Allen Frances Woodward / Self Frances Woodward / Self See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Bobby Cannavale Elia Kazan / Self Elia Kazan / Self See fewer	The Station Agent (2003)
George Clooney Paul Newman / Self Paul Newman / Self See fewer	Michael Clayton (2007)
Ben Dickey Mark Rydell / Self Mark Rydell / Self See fewer	Blaze (2018)
Vincent D'Onofrio Karl Malden / Self Karl Malden / Self See fewer	Men in Black (1997)
LaTanya Richardson Jackson Maude Brink / Self (as Latanya R. Jackson) Maude Brink / Self (as Latanya R. Jackson) See fewer	U.S. Marshals (1998)
Zoe Kazan Jackie McDonald / Self Jackie McDonald / Self See fewer	Ruby Sparks (2012)
Laura Linney Joanne Woodward / Self Joanne Woodward / Self See fewer	The Big C (2010)
Jonathan Marc Sherman Martin Ritt / Self Martin Ritt / Self See fewer	tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Tom McCarthy Sidney Lumet / Self Sidney Lumet / Self See fewer	Win Win (2011)
Alessandro Nivola Richard Brooks / Self Richard Brooks / Self See fewer	The Brutalist (2024)
Barry Poltermann Stewart Stern / Self Stewart Stern / Self See fewer	The Last Movie Stars (2022)
Mark Ruffalo Meade Roberts / Self Meade Roberts / Self See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Billy Crudup Self Self See fewer	Almost Famous (2000)
Josh Hamilton Self Self See fewer	Eighth Grade (2018)
Maya Hawke Self Self See fewer	Do Revenge (2022)
Oscar Isaac Self Self See fewer	Ex Machina (2014)
Ewan McGregor Self Self See fewer	Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Stephanie Newman Self Self See fewer	The Last Movie Stars (2022)
Sam Rockwell Self Self See fewer	Moon (2009)
Martin Scorsese Self Self See fewer	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Steve Zahn Self Self See fewer	War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Buddy Adler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Sally Field Self Self See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Ethan Hawke Self Self See fewer	Training Day (2001)
Nunnally Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Sidney Lumet Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Sanford Meisner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tender Is the Night (1962)
Garry Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened to Jane (1959)
Paul Newman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Gore Vidal Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gattaca (1997)
Tennessee Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Joanne Woodward Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rachel, Rachel (1968)