A Decade Under the Influence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Lagravenese
Stephen Schiff
Ellen Burstyn
Neil Labute
William Friedkin
Dennis Hopper
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. Every standard by which we set our social and cultural clocks was either turned inside out or thrown away completely and reinvented. For American cinema, the 1970s was an era during which a new generation of filmmakers created work for a new kind of audience--moviegoers who were hungry for stories that reflected their own experiences and who were turning their backs on aged old studio formulas. As a result, emerging filmmakers influenced by foreign directors such as Godard, Kurasowa and Fellini coupled with the social climate and a struggling studio system, converged to create a new kind of moviemaking. Through their choice of material, filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdonovich, William Friedkin, Roger Corman and Paul Schrader revolutionized mainstream movies and for the first time personal visions were coming out of the studio system.
Cast
Stephen Schiff
Ellen Burstyn
Neil Labute
William Friedkin
Dennis Hopper
Roy Scheider
Robert Altman
Scott Frank
Ted Demme
Roger Corman
John Calley
Peter Bogdanovich
Robert Towne
Bruce Dern
Michael De Luca
Sissy Spacek
Richard Lagravenese
Clint Eastwood
Jon Voight
Milos Forman
Julie Christie
Martin Scorsese
Polly Platt
Francis Ford Coppola
Crew
Robert Altman
Peter Bogdanovich
Ellen Burstyn
Julie Christie
Vivian Connolly
Francis Ford Coppola
Roger Corman
Ted Demme
Bruce Dern
Milos Forman
William Friedkin
Anthony Janelli
Anthony Janelli
Caroline Kaplan
John Kimbrough
Jerry Kupfer
Richard Lagravenese
Richard Lagravenese
John Miller-monzon
Alison Palmer
Polly Platt
Gini Reticker
Meg Reticker
Martin Scorsese
Jonathan Sehring
Clyde Smith
Clyde Smith
Sissy Spacek
Robert Towne
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Released in United States August 20, 2003
Released in United States January 2003
Released in United States May 30, 2003
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
Released in United States Spring April 25, 2003
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 16-26, 2003.
Director Ted Demme died on Sunday, January 13, 2002 after suffering a severe heartattack while participating in a celebrity basketball game.
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Aired over three consecutive nights on IFC from August 20 to August 22, 2003.
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 16-26, 2003.)
Released in United States Spring April 25, 2003
Released in United States May 30, 2003 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States August 20, 2003 (IFC)
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
