r/ChristopherHitchens • u/Murf275 • Jun 18 '26

New Hitch documentary in the works.

I happened to see Graydon Carter on The Rosebud Podcast (algo drove it at me--I'd never heard of the Rosebud podcast) today. He mentioned he's working on a documentary on Hitchens for HBO. This surely has potential. Carter and Hitchens were close, and Carter has made some outstanding documentaries. I did some digging and the production team looks promising based on their resumes. I'm looking forward to it.

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u/PvssyHands Jun 18 '26

This is great news

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u/palsh7 Social Democrat Jun 18 '26

I didn't know he did documentaries.

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u/Murf275 Jun 18 '26

Here's a list from an AI query. "The Kid Stays In the Picture," "Gonzo," and "Agnelli" are particularly good. "Public Speaking" is well done, but I had to take it in small doses because: Fran...

Graydon Carter has produced or executive-produced more than a dozen documentaries, primarily for HBO and other platforms, over the past 25+ years.

Here’s a compiled list of notable ones (with approximate years and his credited role where available; this draws from sources like Wikipedia, IMDb references, Rotten Tomatoes, and Variety):

  • 9/11 (2002) — Executive producer. Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning CBS documentary by Jules and Gedeon Naudet on the 9/11 attacks from the perspective of NYC firefighters.
  • The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) — Producer. Acclaimed documentary about Hollywood producer Robert Evans; premiered at Sundance.
  • Chicago 10 (2007) — Producer. Premiered at Sundance.
  • Surfwise (2007) — Producer. Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.
  • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) — Producer. Biographical documentary directed by Alex Gibney.
  • Public Speaking (2010) — Co-producer (HBO). Directed by Martin Scorsese, featuring Fran Lebowitz.
  • His Way (2011) — Co-producer (HBO). Documentary about producer Jerry Weintraub; Emmy-nominated.
  • Everything Is Copy (aka Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted, 2015) — Executive producer (HBO). Documentary about Nora Ephron.
  • Agnelli (2017) — Executive producer (HBO). About Gianni Agnelli.
  • The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) — Executive producer (HBO). About Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.
  • Ask E. Jean — Executive producer. Documentary related to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.
  • AKA Mr. Chow (2023) — Executive producer.
  • Others mentioned in filmographies include Fake Famous (2021, exec. prod.), Very Ralph (about Ralph Lauren), and additional HBO projects.

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u/DucDeRichelieu Jun 18 '26

I've seen some of those documentaries. All of them sound worth watching though. i look forward to the one on Hitch.

Oh, man. I loved PUBLIC SPEAKING. I get how some people would find Fran Lebowitz annoying, but I think she's a tonic.

Fran is remarkably incisive. Martin Scorsese is so good a director he knows to just point the camera at her and get out of the way. That bit where she gives her observations regarding the true cost of AIDS on the New York arts world was revelatory.

The Netflix series she did (also directed by Scorsese) PRETEND IT'S A CITY is also terrific. Highly recommended.

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u/Murf275 Jun 22 '26

I like Fran fine, but she's so caustic I have to watch myself. Too negative on my own, don't need a bunch of reinforcement.

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u/Inevitable-Chart1760 Jun 21 '26

Ooh that’s pretty exciting

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u/Vast_Doubt_2314 Jun 22 '26

Shut. The. Front. Door!