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7 February 1999 (USA)
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The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths:...
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Civil Rights
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Vietnam
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Commune
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Black Panthers
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Hippie
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.
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4 nominations
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Josh Hamilton | ... | Michael Herlihy |
 | Julia Stiles | ... | Katie Herlihy |
 | Jerry O'Connell | ... | Brian Herlihy |
 | Jeremy Sisto | ... | Kenny Klein |
 | Jordana Brewster | ... | Sarah Weinstock |
 | Leonard Roberts | ... | Emmet Taylor |
 | Bill Smitrovich | ... | Bill Herlihy |
 | Annie Corley | ... | Mary Herlihy |
| Donovan Leitch | ... | Neal Reynolds |
| David Alan Grier | ... | Fred Hampton |
| Cliff Gorman | ... | Father Daniel Berrigan |
 | Charles S. Dutton | ... | Reverend Willie Taylor (as Charles Dutton) |
| April Mills | ... | Constance |
 | Marc Blucas | ... | Buddy Wells |
| Jenna Byrne | ... | Melissa |
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Rated PG-13 for drug use, violence and sensuality.
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172 min | USA:240 min (including commercials)
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Sarah's line to Kenny "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness" is the first line of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl".
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Boom mic visible: At the end during the BBQ, the mother asked "How's my boy today?" there is a boom mic visible.
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oh ya, I was there and can vouch for the veracity of many of the scenes in this series. My background was that of a naive shy geeky type and it took me a long time to come to terms with what happened during the 60s. A time of very rapid and huge social change. The course of the decade is mirrored in the story presented in this excellent representation. The remnants of the bobbysoxer era gave way to some pretty horrid psychedelic tunes but then Jimi Hendrix hit the air waves. His legacy will in 200 years be similar to Amadeus Mozart: they both revolutionized music, lived on the edge, died young and broke. The difference is we have Jimi's live recordings and know his resting place. The characters then undergo some defining moments, and the war in southeast Asia spills over. The end of the film was rather abrupt and bewildering, same goes for that decade. I was there when the hippie era ended in a similar fashion.
Plausibility of this story ranges from dead on to highly unlikely. But you have to remember the hippie era was partly based on a lot of media hype and voyeurism. This range of views is correctly portrayed.
Julia Stiles was uniquely outstanding in her role as the wayward daughter who struggles against the downside of a society that in some cases was determined to devour its young. I too was kicked out of the house at a young age but I deserved it having chosen to sport long hair and argue with my parents at every opportunity. Fortunately I had a job at the time and all was forgiven eventually. Gee, thats exactly what happens in this movie. Its no wonder Ms Stiles has gone on to many more film projects and I hope to see her in roles that extend her talent.
Out of all the portrayals I have seen of that period, 'The 60s' is the most accurate. I was there, I should know. I even lived in a hippie house the summer of 1970. It was a farm house converted to a non-denominational church and some teens from around Canada and one chap from Jamaica were there on an exchange program. Music, motorcycles, pot, hitch-hikers, stern faced members of the establishment, oh ya, I had some flashbacks watching this one.
You can look back but you can never go back.