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| Category | Docudrama DVDs, Music Video Movies, Education Videos, Documentary, Recommended, Media Arts, 1970s, Hollywood, Actors, Film About Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Directors, Film History, Cinema | | Director | Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese | | Cinematographer | Anthony Jannelli, Clyde Smith | | Composer | John Kimbrough | | Editor | Meg Reticker | | Executive Producer | Caroline Kaplan, Jonathan Sehring, Alison Bourke | | Featured | Dennis Hopper, Jon Voight, Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, Pam Grier, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Julie Christie, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader, William Friedkin | | Producer | Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
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A cast of pioneering writers, directors and actors talk about the times, their films and their colleagues. A wealth of interviews with Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Altman, Richard LaGravenese, Ted Demme and others intersperse their stories with clips from such classics as "Easy Rider," "Midnight Cowboy," "Taxi Driver," "The Godfather" and others. 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. While even the filmmakers go out of their way to point out that their film is by no means all-inclusive, A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE is flashy and informative, a trip well worth taking for both the novice cinema-goer and film scholar alike. Decade Under The Influence Reviews: "...A fireball documentary..."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...The fact that this is the last project Ted Demme worked on gives it added poignancy....Essential..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...It is often remarked that the years between EASY RIDER (1969) and STAR WARS (1977) marked a second golden age in American filmmaking, and this documentary, as comprehensive as it is incisive, is a reminder of just how many terrific pictures came out during those years..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "[I]t's an entertaining watch that could serve as an accessible introduction."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound Decade Under The Influence | List Price | $19.95 (You save $5.66) | | Studio | New Video Group, Inc. | | Orig Year | 2003 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  37701  | | CD Universe Part number | 6125475 | | Catalog number | 9557 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 30, 2003 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | language, and images of sexulality, violence, and drug use | | Running Time | 180 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
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