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He won Grammys and an Academy Award; wrote many #1 songs from Barbara Streisand's "Evergreen" to the Carpenter's "We've Only Just Begun" as well as Kermit the Frog's biggest hit, "The Rainbow Connection"; starred in a Brian DePalma movie; put out his own hit records and albums; was a guest on The Tonight Show fifty times; and is the president of ASCAP... and you might not have heard of him. In the 1970's, Paul Williams was the singer / actor / songwriter that emotional, alienated teenage boys all over the world wanted to be, a sex symbol before MTV, when sex symbols could be 5"2 and sing songs about loneliness with the Muppets. One of those boys was Steve Kessler, a chubby kid from Queens. Thirty years later, Kessler discovered something amazing: Paul Williams didn't die. And no one had ever tried to make a documentary about him. A wistful musical journey that will re-introduce a new generation to Williams' soulful classics, Paul Williams: Still Alive is the charmingly self-narrated story of Stephen Kessler's lifelong obsession with the former superstar-and what happens when the nostalgic filmmaker finally catches up with him.
Original Release
09/11/2011
US Release
06/08/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Williams | Himself / Self |
Warren Beatty | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Robert Blake | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Karen Carpenter | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
Richard Carpenter | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Johnny Carson | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Dick Clark | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Angie Dickinson | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
Daryl Dragon | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Kermit the Frog | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Williams | Himself / Self |
Warren Beatty | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Robert Blake | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Karen Carpenter | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
Richard Carpenter | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Johnny Carson | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Dick Clark | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Angie Dickinson | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
Daryl Dragon | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Kermit the Frog | Self |
Debbie Harry | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
Dustin Hoffman | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Gabe Kaplan | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Jack Klugman | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Peter Lawford | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Pat McCormick | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Ed McMahon | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Jason Mraz | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Willie Nelson | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Tony Randall | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Cohen | Executive Producer |
Lesa Lakin Richardson | Executive Producer |
Stephen Kessler | Producer |
Jim Czarnecki | Producer |
Jay Martel | Producer |
Damon Maulucci | Producer |
Alicia Van Couvering | Producer |
Mike Wilkins | Producer |
David Zieff | Producer |