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30 November 1997 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Well-made documentary moreCast
(Series Credited cast) | Edward Herrmann | ... | Narrator (voice) |
 | Cynthia Dale | ... | Grace Metalious (voice) |
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| Jack Anderson | ... | Himself (journalist) |
| John Chancellor | ... | Himself (journalist) |
| Jules Feiffer | ... | Himself - cartoonist (segment "The Fear and the Dream") |
| John Kenneth Galbraith | ... | Himself |
| Allen Ginsberg | ... | Himself (poet) (also archive footage) |
| David Halberstam | ... | Himself (author) |
| Pete Hamill | ... | Himself - writer (segment "The Fear and the Dream") |
| B.B. King | ... | Himself |
| Alfred Leslie | ... | Himself (painter, filmmaker) |
| Richard Rhodes | ... | Himself - author "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb" (segment "The Fear and the Dream") |
| Richard Rhodes | ... | Himself (segment "The Fear and the Dream") |
| Stuart Samuels | ... | Himself (filmmaker) |
| Robert Serber | ... | Himself (nuclear physicist) |
| John Service | ... | Himself (US Foreign Service, persecuted by McCarthy) (also archive footage) |
 | Dinah Shore | ... | Herself - Blows Kiss (archive footage) |
| Mickey Spillane | ... | Himself |
| Fisher Stevens | ... | Jack Kerouac (Readings from On The Road) |
| Edward Teller | ... | Himself - nuclear physicist (also archive footage) |
 | Tracey Ullman | ... | Herself (voice) |
| Guy Williams | ... | (archive footage) |
| Sloan Wilson | ... | Himself (author) (also archive footage) |
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An insightful documentary with lots of shaded ideas. Thankfully it is not a simple-minded ovation as is so common in this genre. All kinds of themes are interwoven and brought up for inspection: political, social, musical and more. Highly recommended.