Alexander Payne, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper

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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80% liked it

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77% liked it

30 critics

R, 180 min.

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese, Ted Demme

Release Date: January 19, 2003

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DVD Release Date: January 1, 1998

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  • May 31, 2008
    a fantastic doc about the young filmmakers who stormed hollywood in the seventies, producing a huge number of startlingly original films. directors like altman, hal ashby, scorsese and coppola along with so many others changed the way we watch movies forever in a decade when for...( read more) once art ruled over commerce; a happy consequence of the breakup of the studio system, the meltdown of the sixties, and the influence of a generation of foreign filmmakers. it's sad we seem to be stuck in a decade of endless remakes and sequels that's all about the box office...
  • June 24, 2009
    to hell with you and all your friends...
  • January 11, 2009
    I could watch docos like this all day.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • September 20, 2008
    it's good , you can see
  • January 7, 2008
    Wildly fascinating historical exploration with some very interesting thoughts from the American directors and actors that created a cinematic revolution.

Critic Reviews


May 30, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Unlike many documentaries about movies, it's neither underfunded nor perfunctory, but thoughtful and bracing. full review

May 8, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Here's a fireball documentary about the 1970s, when filmmakers were stoked by sex, drugs, rock and, oh, yeah, social conscience. full review

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