Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Name: Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Director: Charlie Coates
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 2001-09-04
Duration: 48 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Lee Grant, Roger Corman, Paul Mazursky, John Carpenter, Peter Biskind

2001

48m

Documentary TV Movie

Director: Charlie Coates

Overview

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.