American Cinema

13 episode series created by PBS to commemorate 100 years of movie-going. The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more.

Cast

John Lithgow Self - Host Lindsay Anderson Self Sydney Pollack Self Peter Bart Self

Richard Brandt Self

Kathleen Turner Self Jeanine Basinger Self Budd Boetticher Self

Edward Bernds Self

Peter Bogdanovich Self Matthew Modine Self

Sasha Alpert Self

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