title: Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
text: # Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
  
  Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman is a British-American documentary film directed by English filmmaker John Boorman about American actor Lee Marvin (1924-1987).
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  English filmmaker John Boorman, who directed Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968), embarks on a quest to understand the man who had such a profound effect on his own life and work.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * John Boorman - presenter
  * Lee Marvin - (archive footage)
  * Robert Filkosky
  * William Hurt
  * Jim Jarmusch
  * Pamela Marvin - Lee Marvin's wife
  * Harry Wilmer
  * Jess King
  * Robert James Raymond
  
  ## Release
  
  The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 1998. It was then broadcast on the BBC on 17 November 1998.
  
  