Paul Williams Still Alive

He won Grammys and an Academy Award; wrote many #1 songs, from Barbra Streisand’s “Evergreen” to the Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun,” as well as Kermit the Frog’s biggest hit, “The Rainbow Connection.” He put out his own hit records and albums, and yet you might not have heard of him. In the 1970s, 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, who discovered something amazing thirty years later: Paul Williams hadn’t died and no one had ever tried to make a documentary about him. Paul Williams: Still Alive is the charmingly self-narrated story of Kessler’s lifelong obsession with the former superstar – and what happens when the nostalgic filmmaker finally catches up with him.

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Script: Stephen Kessler

Cinematography: Vern Nobles

Editing: David Zieff

Sound: Marcos Contreras

Production: 3W Films, USA

Producers: Stephen Kessler, Mike Wilkins, Jim Czarnecki, David Zieff

Format: HDCAM Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2011

Duration: 84