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Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968.
Feb 6, 1970 · Medium Cool: Directed by Haskell Wexler. With Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill. A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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A 1969 drama film by Haskell Wexler about a TV-news reporter in Chicago during the 1968 riots. The film combines fictional and non-fictional scenes and features Robert Forster, Verna Bloom and Peter Boyle.
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A film by Haskell Wexler about a TV cameraman (Robert Forster) in Chicago during the 1968 riots. A mix of fiction and documentary, Medium Cool is a commentary on the media and the social upheaval of the era.
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In "Medium Cool," Wexler forges back and forth through several levels. There is a fictional story about the TV cameraman, his romance, his job, his girl and her son. There is also documentary footage about the riots during the Democratic convention.
A documentary-style drama about a TV news cameraman covering the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the social unrest in Chicago. Watch clips, read synopsis, cast and crew, and film details on Turner Classic Movies.
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Medium Cool merges a bracing cinéma vérité with deft drama to authentically chronicle a nation at odds with itself and a media struggling to get the story straight. Read Critics...
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