richard schickel 1991 documentary about gary cooper gary cooper represent american life and american legend give u a look at the tremendous and all american star through his film and his life . narrate by clint eastwood and the theme be definitely gary coooper and american a we be take through fast clip of his many appearance in western and and scene from meet john doe and mr. deed go to town and and sgt . york . the best part of the documentary be the home movie of cooper and his family as well a his childhood photo and show him a a beautiful blonde kid with the sunny smile he would have his entire life . there be also a hilarious clip of cooper on the jack benny show do the comeback on the number bird dog and benny lose it . the documentary also take u briefly through his tumultuous affair with patricia neal and which nearly ruin both their life . there a certain cohesiveness miss from this bio or retrospective it jump around a lot and have no footage of cooper be interview and which would have add a lot . also and clint eastwood narration be describe a unobtrusive . what it be and be bore and monotone . give that cooper himself tend to be the strong and silent type on screen and we could have use a little animation . on a personal note and gary cooper be one of the handsome men who ever live there be some look at him in his early film and but not nearly enough for this fan . that smile and those lip and that bone structure he be handsome throughout his life and but in film like morocco and desire and he be devastate . instead of sit through a scene from one of his bad performance and a howard roark in the fountainhead and give a speech that he admit to the author he do not understand a young and suave cooper in a tux would have be a nice touch . this documentary and ala and be definitely produce by a man .