"The precise truth of, say, 5 in a summer afternoon on the lawn of an assistant professor in a small country college has perhaps never been caught in a commercial movie before -- but that is the kind of precise truth this movie captures again and again." The film stars James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Dorothy Tristan, and Harris Yulin. In the film Avakian plays The Landlord, The Pigman, and the voice of the psychiatrist on the phone. George Avakian oversaw the music. Avakian's old friend, the novelist Terry Southern, co-produced the film, and co-wrote the screenplay with Avakian and Dennis McGuire. End of the Road is an early indie picture which bucked Hollywood conventions and was before its time. Many of the cast and crew went on to distinguished film careers. The film is admired by the director Steven Soderbergh, who directed an accompanying documentary on the making of the film on the Warner Bros. DVD, titled "An Amazing Time: Conversations About End of the Road", released on Sept. 18, 2012, as part of a series of great rediscovered movies. Cineaste published this 1980's interview in advance of the 2012 DVD release: Having worked as Francis Ford Coppola's editor on You're a Big Boy Now (1966) Avakian was brought on as the original editor of The Godfather (1972). However, problems arose between the two, with reports that Avakian was intentionally sabotaging the dailies being sent to the studio or at the very least bad-mouthing Coppola's abilities in order to hopefully replace him as director. While Paramount executive Jack Ballard was in favor of the replacement, ultimately head of production Robert Evans continued to back Coppola and Avakian was fired. Avakian directed Cops and Robbers (1973), One Night Stands and 11 Harrowhouse (1974). and a lost film made in Paris, in French, in the early 1970s. From 1983 through 1986, Avakian was chairman of the film department at State University of New York at Purchase. Arthur Penn spoke at Avakian's 1987 memorial. Francis Coppola and Terry Southern wrote letters about Avakian, which were read aloud, and Gerry Mulligan played his saxophone, as well as others. It was a packed house at the New York City Armenian cathedral. For fifteen years, Avakian was married to actress and writer Dorothy Tristan until 1972. During the last two years of his life his companion was former ballerina Allegra Kent. His children with Dorothy