'Salinger' documentary will include additional footage when it airs on PBS
The documentary 鈥淪alinger,鈥� which hit theaters this past fall, will air on PBS with 15 minutes of additional footage, according to the network.
鈥淪alinger,鈥� which was directed by Shane Salerno and was released at the same time as a book of the same title co-written by Salerno and David Shields, was released this past September after a promotional campaign that promised many revelations about the famously secretive 鈥�Catcher in the Rye鈥� author. The film mainly drew attention for its pronouncement that new works by Salinger may be released soon. Salerno claimed before the movie鈥檚 release that Salinger left instructions to his estate for these new works to be released between 2015 and 2020. Last month, previously unreleased work by the author leaked online.聽
When 鈥淪alinger鈥� premieres on PBS on Jan. 21, the movie will be 15 minutes longer than the film released in theaters, according to .
According to American Masters, the new footage will focus on Salinger鈥檚 time fighting in World War II, among other subjects, and will include additional photos.
At the time of its release, Monitor critic Peter Rainer gave 鈥淪alinger鈥� a B grade, calling it 鈥渂y turns fascinating and infuriating鈥� and writing that 鈥渢here is much overreaching in this film.鈥�
