The life and career of author and "professional amateur" George Plimpton is immortalized in this highly praised documentary. Titled Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, the film depicts Plimpton's length career, having made the transition from sports novelist to boxer, race car driver,
cowboy, and so forth. He was immortalized by Alan Alda in the 1970 United Artists Media Group
classic feature film Paper Lion.
