Starring Harry Dean Stanton

With his lean, hangdog face and sunken, soul-weary eyes, Harry Dean Stanton—born one hundred years ago this month—was one of the all-time great character actors. He inhabited the cinematic margins for more than six decades, imbuing his portrayals of drifters, down-and-outers, mystics, and all-American eccentrics with a singular gravity and offbeat charisma. From his indelible supporting turns in films like COOL HAND LUKE, STRAIGHT TIME, and WISE BLOOD to his breakthrough roles (in his late fifties) in PARIS, TEXAS and REPO MAN, Stanton remained a sui generis, unfailingly authentic presence whose merest glance or gesture hinted at profound existential depths.