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Film Director Taylor Hackford

Hackford produced the Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba. He recently produced and directed Everybody's All American, about the life a college football hero. Hackford joins Fresh Air to talk about his early successes and failures, and the role songs play in his films.

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Other segments from the episode on November 14, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 14, 1988: Interview with John Hubner; Review of Jane Ira Bloom's album "Slalom"; Interview with Taylor Hackford; Review of four television specials about the…

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