Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

20021h 30m

illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel Radicals" features clips from such seminal films as Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967); Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967); Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" (1969); John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962); Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) and "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968); John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (1969); Richard Brooks' "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and "In Cold Blood" (1967); and Norman Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968). Frankenheimer, Jewison, Hopper, Schlesinger, Penn, Buck Henry, Paul Mazursky, Roger Corman and Arthur Hiller are among the filmmakers who discuss the decade.

Production

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Cast

Photo of Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Narrator (voice)

Photo of Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Robert Towne

Robert Towne

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Arthur Penn

Arthur Penn

Self (uncredited)

Photo of John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Self (uncredited)

Photo of John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller

Self (uncredited)

Photo of Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Self (uncredited)

Photo of William Wyler

William Wyler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Phyllis Coates

Phyllis Coates

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of John Connally

John Connally

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Self (uncredited)

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