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The '60s

starring: Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'Connell, Jeremy Sisto, Jordana Brewster
directed by: Mark Piznarski

: The '60s
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0031398709633
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Release Date: June 22, 1999
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 1818
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Theatrical Release Date: February 07, 1999



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Amazon.com:
Tackling an entire decade--and a turbulent one at that--within a three-hour movie is a challenge, and while The '60s is frequently entertaining, it unfortunately is not completely up to the task. The movie follows the lives of four young people, three from a white suburban family with parents out of The Wonder Years and one African American from the South. The characters are forced into one-dimensional clichés; they are their personas to the nth degree. Katie (Julia Stiles), the pretty young blond, is the lost hippie; Brian (Jerry O'Connell), the former high school football player, is the gung-ho-turned-disgruntled Vietnam solider; Michael (Josh Hamilton) exemplifies the political activist; and Emmet (Leonard Roberts), the only representative of the entire black movement of the '60s, plays first the pacifist who effects change through nonviolent means and then the Black Panther, and then he finally returns to his nonviolent ways. Yet despite the trite characters and slow beginning, the movie picks up pace as each becomes involved in his or her own story. They become strangely compelling, to the point where you are sorry when the story switches to another character because you want to see more.

An eclectic shooting style--a mixture of archival footage, seamlessly spliced with shots of the miniseries in black and white, which then becomes color--effectively places the characters in the '60s context. You can believe that these folks were at the Democratic Convention in Chicago or the Watts riots or Woodstock. Yet, sometimes a break is needed: the film is unrelenting in presenting crisis after crisis with no respite, making one wonder if there were any quiet, simple, or nice moments in the entire decade. The sentimental soundtrack plays continuously, helping set the appropriate tone and the frenetic atmosphere of the movie. For those who lived through the '60s, this miniseries provides a nostalgic look back at the various movements and a general feel of the time, especially with the proliferation of film clips that aren't oft repeated (we've all seen the moon landing ad nauseam, but footage of Abbie Hoffman or Dylan playing the club scene in the East Village are refreshing). And for those born after this period, this miniseries makes the decade look like a frenzied, troubled mess that we can be grateful we had the good fortune to miss. --Jenny Brown



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent. Covers the 60s accurately and historically.
This was a great video, especially if you lived through the 60s or are interested in this unique decade. ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - never recieved item
I ordered this item over a month ago and have yet to recieve it. I contacted both the seller and amazon ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love this movie
I saw this movie on TV several years ago and searched and searched for it before finding it here. I think ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - I wasn't even alive in the 60s and I knew what was missing!
I was impressed with the 70s so I rented this DVD and was sadly disappointed. Apparently, the producers thought ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not Complete
I saw this when it originally aired on TV, and there was a scene (right before the 7 minutes in heaven scene) that ... Read More

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