A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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| Robert Forster | ... | John Cassellis | |
| Verna Bloom | ... | Eileen | |
| Peter Bonerz | ... | Gus | |
| Marianna Hill | ... | Ruth | |
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Harold Blankenship | ... | Harold |
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Charles Geary | ... | Harold's Father |
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Sid McCoy | ... | Frank Baker |
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Christine Bergstrom | ... | Dede |
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William Sickingen | ... | News Director |
| Robert McAndrew | ... | Pennybaker | |
| Marrian Walters | ... | Social Worker | |
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Beverly Younger | ... | Rich Lady |
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Edward Croke | ... | Plain-clothesman |
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Doug Kimball | ... | Newscaster |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Gun Clinic Manager | |
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John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting it look at his tapes to find suspects. When he protests, he is fired and goes to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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As noted elsewhere on this page and on the soundtracks page, the music of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention was used in the nightclub scene and in the score for a couple other scenes. The individual songs were not credited. However, the band's name does appear in the end credits as "Incidental music by Mothers Of Invention." See more »Goofs
When Eileen enters the L looks for Harold, she is wearing a white hair band, but when they show her sitting on the L, the hair band is missing. See more »Quotes
John Cassellis: If I gotta be afraid in order for your argument to work, then you got no argument.See more »
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This is not a film for those who like comfortable Hollywood polish, production values, and formulas. It was shot in a documentary-style, and thus has an immediacy and intensity at a level that can only be found in a handful. It is completely unique in its blending of fact and fiction. The kitchen scene is brilliantly staged and carried off, and the ending is definitely chilling, although more than a little abrupt. (Did they run out of film?) But the truly exciting moment in this film comes when you are watching the demonstrations outside the Chicago convention, and it suddenly sinks in: This is real. It isn't staged for your benefit. The city really was an armed camp, and the police did beat up civilians. The film has a lot of pointless scenes, and the outer story is rather mundane, but the scenes at the convention are an unprecedented achievement - simply brilliant. This film is a must-see for any student of film or history.