Seven top Hollywood directors analyze their working methods in a program filled with practical advice for young filmmakers. The directors include John Badham (War Games, Stakeout), Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, White Hunter-Black Heart), John Flynn (Rolling thunder, Best Seller), Delbert Mann (Marty, Separate Tables), Abraham Polonsky (Force of Evil, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here), Michael Schultz (Coolie High, Car Wash), and Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, The Sand Pebbles, Odds Against Tomorrow, West Side Story).