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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   1,116 votes
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Director:
Haskell Wexler
Writer:
Haskell Wexler (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1970 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Beyond the age of innocence... into the age of awareness
Plot:
TV news camera find himself becoming personally involved in the Violence which erupts around the 1968 Democratic Convention. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Robert Forster: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 14 April 2009, 12:19 AM, PDT)

Roger Spottiswoode: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 12 April 2009, 12:32 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
An Indie if there ever was one. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Forster ... John Cassellis
Verna Bloom ... Eileen
Peter Bonerz ... Gus
Marianna Hill ... Ruth
Harold Blankenship ... Harold
Charles Geary ... Buddy
Sid McCoy ... Frank Baker
Christine Bergstrom ... Dede
William Sickinger ... News Director Karlin
Robert McAndrew ... Pennybaker
Marrian Walters ... Social worker
Beverly Younger ... Rich Lady
Edward Croke ... Plain-clothesman
Doug Kimball ... Newscaster

Peter Boyle ... Gun Clinic Manager
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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (re-rating) (1970) | USA:X (1969) | UK:X
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
H & J more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Some of the background intercom chatter playing during the first scenes shown of the television station that John Cassellis works at is the same intercom chatter used in George Lucas' student film Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967). Paul Golding, who served as an editorial consultant for this film, had also been a collaborator on some of Lucas' other student films. more
Quotes:
John Cassellis: Jesus I love to shoot film. more
Movie Connections:
References Mondo cane (1962) more
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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
An Indie if there ever was one., 15 April 1999
Author: Doctor_Bombay from Lucas Buck, NC

Interesting approach to revealing the world of photo-journalism, news journalism, and political activism, conceived and directed by award–winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Fictional narrative features a Chicago TV news crew intertwined with actual news footage in and around the Democratic Convention of 1968.

There is a good balance between the fiction and non-fiction elements in as much as Wexler attempts to make his point. The fictional story line (a love story) is real enough to keep us watching and deflective enough to make the harsh realities of the non-fiction elements palatable.

Attention to detail defines Medium Cool as a very personal film for Wexler. There definitely is a political perspective. Second and third viewings will call attention to painstaking perfectionism in construction of shots, timing, and pace--the subject matter and cinematic approach (low budget, hand-held, docu-style) may suggest a `student film' so don't be confused. This is an extremely well-crafted highly professional product. Nice interjects of great era-defining music compliment the visuals.

Inventive, some say ground-breaking, certainly well worth watching.

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