

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, nostalgic and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Julie ChristieSelf
- Sydney PollackSelf
- Francis Ford CoppolaSelf
- Robert AltmanSelf
- Paul SchraderSelf
- Pam GrierSelf
- Polly PlattSelf
- Jon VoightSelf
- William FriedkinSelf
- Martin ScorseseSelf
Crew
- Ted DemmeDirector
- Richard LaGraveneseDirector
- Anthony JannelliDirector of Photography
- Clyde W. SmithDirector of Photography
- John KimbroughOriginal Music Composer
- Meg RetickerEditor
- Ted DemmeProducer
- Jerry KupferProducer
- Richard LaGraveneseProducer
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Both earnest, nostalgic, classical in form.
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