And I gotta say, for merely an hour-long look at the guy and his career, it's pretty darned comprehensive—chock-full of generous clips from films, talking heads observations from family, friends, and admirers...with liberal commentary by Julie Andrews. A lot of stuff I knew from watching every movie the man did—and here's the "Now I've Seen Everything, Dept." article proving it—but quite a bit I didn't. I knew that many of his comedies utilized a lot of improvisation, but hadn't realized that the later movie, That's Life!, that was practically a home movie featuring family and friends filmed at his own house and was Edwards' idea of "an independent film," was also largely improvised. The guy took risks. And big swings.
It's a lovely package, which has a lot of the Edwards "style" to it, with some great animated sequences and much credit to his collaborators. I've put up the trailer—that gives a taste of what it's like—below.
And for awhile, you can probably find it on the PBS web-site.
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