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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bill Couturié (story) &
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Release Date:
7 February 1999 (USA) more
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The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths:... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
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Tina Wants A 'Softer' Frank
 (From New York Post. 16 August 2009, 1:28 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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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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Actors Donovan Leitch and Carnie Wilson are the respective children of musicians 'Donovan' and The Beach Boys' singer Brian Wilson, both of whom are heard in the soundtrack. Jason Nesmith, son of ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith, also appears. more
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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. more
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Brian Herlihy: This is the wrong war for your principles. more
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Followed by The '70s (2000) (TV) more
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The Weight more

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The sixties for dummies, 1 August 2004
Author: sgurgolo

Oh well - this series is crap, i mean, absolutely. They should have been awarded for worst script, worst acting, worst interpretation of history, worst use of stereotypes, worst use of a fake mustache in an attempt to duplicate the Tom Cruise of the 4th July - but, miracle!, making him walk - worst cinematography, worst art directing, worst costumes, worst editing, worst leftism (i mean, this is how you lived your '68? You shoulda stayed home! C'mon dude, where's the politics), worst use of Bob Dylan clips (clips from the seventies in a sixties movie?). If you wanna be a die-hard nostalgic hippie substantially not caring about most of the political facets of it, if you can't read a book or you'd fall asleep, if you hate documentaries, if Woodstock to you is a little yellow bird, if you want to see some 80s haircuts misplaced in time, well this might be for you. I mean, Hair was a musical, a fantastic movie, it was not intended to be a portrait of a generation - but hell, it was 1000 times more realistic than this. Hey, if all the people in the USA during the sixties were dumb as the characters of this crap i think at least somebody had a good reason to fly to Vietnam: not hearing anything anymore from dummies country! I guess the sixties were definitely better than this, but, i mean, what was the worst year in the whole history? The less interesting year of all time? I don't know, but put that year in the hands of a medium-level director and he'll do something more enjoyable. Shame on whoever worked on this - none of you did a good job!

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