Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Caro (Power Broker, The Years of Lyndon Johnson) and legendary editor Robert Gottlieb, have worked and fought together for 50 years, forging one of publishing’s most iconic and productive partnerships. Caro’s The Power Broker, edited by Gottlieb continues to be a bestseller after 48 years. Now 87, Caro is working to complete the fifth and final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them.
Directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, Lizzie Gottlieb, Turn Every Page explores their remarkable creative collaboration, including the behind-the-scenes drama of the making of Caro’s The Power Broker and the LBJ series. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects. It arrives at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers and readers, and furthered our understanding of power and democracy.
Director
Lizzie Gottlieb
Producer
Joanne Nerenberg, Jen Small, Lizzie Gottlieb
Runtime
112 minutes
Rights Represented
Educational
Captions Available
English
Language
English
Press
“The documentary double portrait of writer Robert Caro and editor Robert Gottlieb bristles with ego and good-humored tension.”
- The Washington Post
“Would Caro’s books have been any less great if he and Gottlieb had never met? Who knows? But as this bracingly affectionate film makes clear, it was the gift of a lifetime for both that they did.”
- Christian Science Monitor
“This engrossing 2022 documentary chronicles the 50-year-and-counting collaboration between two literary lions…”
- Chicago Reader
Festival & Awards
Official Selection – TRIBECA