Movie Documentary
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Julie Christie Sydney Pollack Francis Ford Coppola Robert Altman Paul Schrader Pam Grier Polly Platt Jon Voight William Friedkin Martin Scorsese Roy Scheider Clint Eastwood Sidney Lumet Bruce Dern Peter Bogdanovich Marshall Brickman Ellen Burstyn John Calley Roger Corman Miloš Forman Monte Hellman Dennis Hopper Paul Mazursky Mike Medavoy Jerry Schatzberg Sissy Spacek Robert Towne
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