The '60s Movie Review 1999

A quick trip through the decade of peace, love, and Vietnam, told with all the usual cliches. Film uses the parallel stories of two families to hit the high points--the white, middleclass Herlihy family of Chicago and the black Taylor family of Mississippi. You've got hippies, Black Panthers, civil rights, the war, the anti-war movement, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. The soundtrack may be the best thing the miniseries has going for it.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 171 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1960s, Family Ties, Drug Use & Abuse, Vietnam War, African America

Screenplay

Jeffrey Alladin Fiskin

Cast

Jerry O'Connell, Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Bill Smitrovich, Annie Corley, Leonard Roberts, Charles S. Dutton, Jordana Brewster, David Alan Grier, Jeremy Sisto, Cliff Gorman, Donovan Leitch, Carnie Wilson, Rosanna Arquette

Cinematography

Michael D. O'Shea

Director

Mark Piznarski

Producer

Lynda Obst, NBC