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Summary
Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 69Audiences 62GoodWatch 65
Tomatometer79%
Metascore59
User score6.8
IMDb6.1
Letterboxd · 11 K ratings3.0/5
Audience score60%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2017
October 4, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 more10 people
- Gay TaleseSelf - Writer
- Gerald FoosSelf - Hotel Owner
- Nan TaleseSelf - Gay's Wife
- Susan MorrisonSelf - Articles Editor, The New Yorker
- Anita FoosSelf - Gerald's Wife
- Jamison StoltzSelf - Senior Editor, Grove-Atlantic
- Morgan EntrekinSelf - Publisher, Grove-Atlantic
- Pamela TaleseSelf - Gay's Daughter
Edward AkroutSelf - Hotel Guest- MFMike FunkSelf - The Chicken Man (Hotel Guest)
Directing · 2
- Myles Kane Director, Editor
- Josh Koury Director, Editor
Production · 15
- Julie Parker Benello Executive Producer
- Dan Cogan Executive Producer
- Jeremiah Zagar Executive Producer
- Geralyn White Dreyfous Executive Producer
- Angus Wall Executive Producer
- Jason Spingarn-Koff Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Cristobal Moris Director of Photography
Sound · 9
- Joel Goodman Original Music Composer
- Tom Paul Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Joanna Fang Foley Editor
- Leslie Bloome Foley Artist
- Diego Jimenez Dialogue Editor
- Ryan Collison Foley Mixer
Other crew · 2
- Benjamin Krause Additional Music
- Joy Ngiaw Additional Music
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