Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

September. 04,2001      NR
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the month for September 2001. Actors Lee Grant and Paul Mazursky, producer Roger Corman, director John Carpenter, film critic Molly Haskell, and journalist Peter Biskind discuss the issues involved in six films of the 1950s. Topics include teenage loneliness, youth rebellion, changing gender roles, and the beginning of the sexual revolution.

Lee Grant as  Self
Roger Corman as  Self
Paul Mazursky as  Self
John Carpenter as  Self
Molly Haskell as  Self

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