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Director:
Kenneth Bowser
Writers:
Peter Biskind (book)
Kenneth Bowser (writer)
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Release Date:
9 March 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | History more
Tagline:
How the Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Plot:
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Effective look at the American New Wave more (15 total)

Cast

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Dede Allen ... Herself
Peter Bart ... Himself
Tony Bill ... Himself
Karen Black ... Herself

Peter Bogdanovich ... Himself

Ernest Borgnine ... Himself (archive footage)

Ellen Burstyn ... Herself
Roger Corman ... Himself

Robert De Niro ... (archive footage)

Micky Dolenz ... Himself

Richard Dreyfuss ... Himself

Peter Fonda ... Himself

Carl Gottlieb ... Himself
Jerome Hellman ... Himself
Monte Hellman ... Himself

Dennis Hopper ... Himself
Willard Huyck ... Himself
Stanley R. Jaffe ... Himself
Henry Jaglom ... Himself
Gloria Katz ... Herself

Harvey Keitel ... (archive footage)

Margot Kidder ... Herself
László Kovács ... Himself

Kris Kristofferson ... Himself

William H. Macy ... Narrator (voice)

Mardik Martin ... Himself

Mike Medavoy ... Himself
Sylvia Miles ... Herself
John Milius ... Himself
Charles Mulvehill ... Himself
David Newman ... Himself

Arthur Penn ... Himself
Michael Phillips ... Himself
David V. Picker ... Himself
Polly Platt ... Herself

Roman Polanski ... (archive footage)
Albert S. Ruddy ... Himself
Jennifer Salt ... Herself
Andrew Sarris ... Himself

Paul Schrader ... Himself

Cybill Shepherd ... Herself
Jonathan Tapin ... Himself

Sharon Tate ... (archive footage)
Joan Tewkesbury ... Herself
Fred Weintraub ... Himself
Gordon Willis ... Himself
Rudy Wurlitzer ... Himself
Vilmos Zsigmond ... Himself
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Runtime:
USA:119 min
Country:
Canada | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:TV-14
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many of the subjects profiled in author Peter Biskind's book, including directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert Altman, and 'William Friedkin', declined interviews for the documentary. more
Movie Connections:
References Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Effective look at the American New Wave, 4 May 2008
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Author: Alex P (miskatonic86) from Baltimore, Maryland

Hollywood up until 1967 was filled with epics, musicals, and overall clean-cut movies. The the violent 60s came with Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Sexual Movement. Then several pauper filmmakers, including the likes of Scorsese, Bogdanovich, Coppola, and even Spielberg decided to capture the zeitgeist with films that contain sex, drugs, violence, and rock n' roll and blew the lid off Hollywood.

It examines the downfall of Hollywood in the mid 1960s, when epic films such as CLEOPATRA flopped causing studios to go to near bankruptcy. Then when the late 1960s came and the world became more turbulent, young filmmakers, inspired by European New Wave films, made their own films their own way, sold them to struggling studios, and made a lot of money.

It begins with BONNIE & CLYDE and ends when the summer blockbuster took over. EASY RIDER, RAGING BULLS, based on the book by Peter Biskind, effectively shows the real Hollywood in the 1970s, when directors became auteur, forever changing Hollywood. Now that spirit is lost, but this documentary can bring back nostalgic memories.

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