It's 1968, and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval, famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. Medium Cool, his debut feature, plunges us into the moment. With its mix of fictional storytelling and documentary technique, this depiction of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman (Robert Forster) is a visceral cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
Production Year:
1969
Released:
Tue, 05/21/2013
Run Time Minutes:
111
Genres:
Drama
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HD-6
Audio Language:
Commentary
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
Mono
Actors:
Robert Forster - john
Actors:
Verna Bloom - eileen
Actors:
Peter Bonerz - gus
Actors:
Marianna Hill - ruth
Actors:
Harold Blankenship - harold
Actors:
Charles Geary - harold's father
Actors:
Sid McCoy - frank baker
Actors:
Christine Bergstrom - dede
Actors:
William Sickingen - news director
Actors:
Robert McAndrew - pennybaker
Actors:
Marrian Walters - social worker
Actors:
Beverly Younger - rich lady
Actors:
Edward Croke - plain-clothesman
Actors:
Doug Kimball - newscaster
Actors:
Peter Boyle - gun clinic manager
Actors:
Georgia Todda - secretary
Actors:
Sandra Ann Roberts - blonde in car
Actors:
Janet Langhart - maid
Actors:
Jeff Donaldson
Actors:
Bill Sharp
Actors:
Robert Paige
Actors:
Richard Abrams
Actors:
Walter Bradford
Actors:
Russell Davis
Actors:
Felton Perry
Actors:
Val Grey
Actors:
Livingston Lewis
Actors:
Barbara Jones
Actors:
John Jackson
Actors:
Linda Handelman
Actors:
Marla Friedman
Actors:
Kathryn Schubert
Actors:
Barbara Brydenthal
Actors:
Elizabeth Moisant
Actors:
Rose Bormacher
Actors:
China Lee
Actors:
Roger Phillips
Actors:
Robert Blankenship
Actors:
Jim Jacobs
Actors:
Spence Jackson
Actors:
Dorien Suhr
Actors:
Kenneth Whitener
Actors:
Connie Fleischauer
Actors:
Mary Smith
Actors:
Nancy Noble
Actors:
Simone Zorn
Actors:
Madeleine Marcou
Actors:
Mickey Pallas
Actors:
Morris Bleckman
Actors:
Lestre Brownlee
Actors:
Linn Ehrlich
Actors:
Wally Wright
Actors:
Sam Venture
Actors:
George Bouillet
Actors:
Haskell Wexler - Cameraman on Scaffold