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  • 70's Fever (2008)
  • TV Movie | 120 min | Documentary
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70's Fever (2008)
TV Movie | 120 min | Documentary

If the 1960s represented peace, love, and the "We Generation", then the 1970s came to represent the pleasure seeking excesses of the "Me Generation." The 1970s were a decade when cocaine was king, a President fell in disgrace, homegrown ...See moreIf the 1960s represented peace, love, and the "We Generation", then the 1970s came to represent the pleasure seeking excesses of the "Me Generation." The 1970s were a decade when cocaine was king, a President fell in disgrace, homegrown terrorist groups prowled the streets and all-night parties raged in Studio 54 - all while neighborhoods burned and the Son of Sam hunted. And yet it was a time of renewed liberties, and huge technological leaps when two kids named Steve built a machine in their Silicon Valley garage that changed the world. Using rare footage and a period soundtrack, this special deconstructs the 1970s, from Watergate to Studio 54. It evokes nostalgia and challenges it, exploring the dark side of the decade's cult leaders, sexual liberation and disco scene. Written by History Channel See less
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Steve Gillon
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Andreas Keller
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Nikki Haskell
Self - Studio 54 Self - Studio 54   See fewer
Tim Lawrence
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Marc Benecke
Self - Studio 54 Doorman (as Mark Benecke) Self - Studio 54 Doorman (as Mark Benecke)   See fewer
James M. Saslow
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Disco Sally
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Steve Rubell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Lombardi
Self - New York Education Department Self - New York Education Department   See fewer
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward Berkowitz
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Robert McNamara
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John Dean
Self (as John Wesley Dean) Self (as John Wesley Dean)   See fewer
Lionel Shockness
Self - Psychotherapist Self - Psychotherapist   See fewer
Philip Jenkins
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Linda Lovelace
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Harry Reems
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Robert McNatt
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)   See fewer
Robert F. Kennedy
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Martin Luther King
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