Look out Haskell, It's Real! The Making of 'Medium Cool'
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paul Cronin
Todd Gatlin
Studs Terkel
Ian Christie
Peter Bonerz
Verna Bloom
Film Details
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Synopsis
In 1968 Hollywood cameraman Haskell Wexler expressed his desire to "find some wedding between features and cinema-verite. I have very strong opinions about us and the world, and don't know how in hell to put them all in one basket." "Medium Cool" (USA/1969) was his solution, a tremendously original blend of fiction and documentary styles. British film scholar Paul Cronin examines the many disparate elements Wexler pulled together to make his picture. From the oratory of Chicago activist Jesse Jackson to Wexler's distribution battle with Paramount, we're given an interesting look at a complex film.
Director
Paul Cronin
Cast
Todd Gatlin
Studs Terkel
Ian Christie
Peter Bonerz
Verna Bloom
Bernardine Dohrn
David Farber
Michael Margulies
Andrew Davis
General Richard Dunn
Christopher Newman
David Sterritt
Ron Vargas
Jesse Jackson
Robert Forster
Steven North
Paul Golding
Haskell Wexler
Leonard Weinglass
Bill Ayers
Crew
Bill Ayers
Verna Bloom
Peter Bonerz
Ian Christie
Joan Churchill
Joan Churchill
Jonathan Cronin
Jonathan Cronin
Paul Cronin
Paul Cronin
Andrew Davis
Bernardine Dohrn
General Richard Dunn
David Farber
Robert Forster
Todd Gatlin
Paul Golding
Jesse Jackson
Michael Margulies
Christopher Newman
Steven North
Ginnie Rapp
Ginnie Rapp
David Sterritt
Studs Terkel
Ron Vargas
Leonard Weinglass
Haskell Wexler
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Beta SP video
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Special Events) August 12-26, 2001.
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