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Examining the 1970s, the decade that has come to be seen as North American cinema's most revolutionary and experimental, this reverent documentary directed by Richard LaGravenese and the late Ted Demme interviews a handful of the key players and survivors of that fertile time. Beginning with EASY RIDER (1969) and other offshoots of producer/director Roger Corman's virtual training ground for young directors at b-movie studio American International Pictures, DECADE traces the trajectory of filmmakers such as Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, William Friedkin, and Paul Schrader. With clips from TAXI DRIVER, SHAMPOO, MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER, THE GODFATHER, and many more, the film conveys the richness of talent that the 1970s film world possessed. But the birth of the blockbuster (namely JAWS and STAR WARS) raised the studios' expectations for financial performance in the industry, virtually killing the chances of riskier productions--a development which gave birth to the thriving independent scene we know today. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Neil LaBute
USA
Ted Demme
USA
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
John Q (2002)
The Independent (2000)
Jon Voight
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Coming Home (1978)
Paul Mazursky
USA
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Antz (1998)
Richard LaGravenese
USA
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
The Fisher King (1991)
Robert Altman
USA
Best movies:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Endless Love (1981)
Robert Towne
USA
Best movies:
Suspect Zero (2004)
The Zodiac Killer (1971)
Drive, He Said (1971)
Martin Scorsese
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Jimmy Carter
USA
Martin Luther King
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
Polly Platt
USA
Best movies:
Sugar Town (1999)
Teen Lover (1989)
Ayatollah Khamenei (a.f.)
Iran