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The '70s

starring: Brad Rowe, Guy Torry, Vinessa Shaw, Amy Smart, Kathryn Harrold
directed by: Peter Werner (III)

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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 9781573629195
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1573629197
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 25, 2000
Running Time: 170 minutes
Sales Rank: 10047
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 2000



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Product Description:
The '70s. One decade will change four lives forever Kent State students Byron (Brad Rowe) Christie (Amy Smart) Eileen (Vinessa Shaw) and Dexter (Guy Torry) are caught in the middle of America's political unrest when several students are massacred on their campus for protesting the Vietnam War. Their lives take radically different directions during this infamous chapter of history as the scandal of Watergate is revealed the feminist movement takes charge an American President is disgraced and a new revolution known as disco-fever takes the dance world by storm.A mini-series event that captures the heart and soul of a progressive decade. The '70s remembers a time when issues and challenges rocked the nation and four friends learn about life love and of course disco.System Requirements:Runnig Time 170 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 031398738329

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In 170 minutes, this NBC-produced miniseries hoped to capture a decade--and in many ways, it did. The '70s traces the lives of four friends from their senior year at Kent State (marked by the killing of four student protestors by the National Guard) through the era of Watergate and Tang. At its worst, it's a so-so soap opera held together by fascinating bits of historical trivia, giving equal time to the issues of the era (the Equal Rights Amendment, the oil crisis) and inescapable bits of pop culture (Mary Tyler Moore and the hustle). The characters are pretty obviously engineered to plumb every angle of the decade's cultural topography: the young black National Guardmember who deserts to Los Angeles in time to join the Black Panthers and open a cinema featuring hits like Shaft and Cleopatra Jones, the sorority girl turned disco queen turned California cultist, the young intellectual woman who finds feminism and abandons marriage in favor of a career, and the conservative law student turned Watergate burglar turned pipeline worker turned environmentalist. The acting's not bad and the story hangs together, but the show is really at its best when the soundtrack takes over, allowing montages of memorable photos and archival film clips to reveal (and revel in) the real history behind the melodrama. --Grant Balfour



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Disco Ducko
There was no more turbulent era, except for the late 60s, than the free wheeling, drug drenched disco ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Born in the 70s, learned a lot about the times.
The story lines were fascinating of a group of friends and how they all lived in the same times, and had ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Loved it!
I found this movie along with another titled The '60's in a bargin bin at a swap meet. I paid 2 dollars ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not quite as good as the precursor
One shouldn't expect too much from what was a made-for-tv miniseries, with no real big names, but altogether ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What a MOVIE!!!
What an amazingly well done and well acted and well thought off movie...
All I can say is that if anyone ... Read More

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