Medium Cool (1969)

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Written by Haskell Wexler

Directed by Haskell Wexler

Running Time: 130 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1969

Rating: 18 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Compelling drama which intersperses real footage with fictional scenes to portray the events surrounding the notorious 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. As violence erupts between anti-Vietnam War protesters and the authorities, a TV cameraman gradually metamorphoses from uninvolved observer to shocked participant. The title puns critic Marshall McLuhan's dictum that television is a 'cool medium'.

Cast

Christine BergstromDede
Harold BlankenshipHarold
Verna BloomEileen
Peter BonerzGus
Peter BoyleGun Clinic Manager
Image for Robert ForsterRobert ForsterJohn Cassellis
Charles GearyBuddy
Marianna HillRuth
Doug KimballNewscaster
Robert McAndrewPennybaker
Sid McCoyFrank Baker
William SickingerNews Director Karlin
Haskell WexlerCameraman on Scaffold
Beverly YoungerRich Lady
Marrian WaltersSocial worker

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