SPOTLIGHT 1999| 172 min | USA Release Date: February 7, 1999 Directed by: Mark Piznarski Genre: Drama Tag: None yet

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» GENERAL INFORMATION

Written by: Bill Couturié & Robert Greenfield (II)
Produced by: NBC Studios & Lynda Obst Productions
Distributed by: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Rating: Rated PG-13 for drug use, violence and sensuality


» STORY

[Overview]

Originally a TV miniseries in the winter of 1999, this tale of 2 American families revolves around the turbulent events of the mid to late 1960’s, most notably the Vietnam War.

[Synopsis]

Originally aired as a two-part miniseries on NBC, The 60’s follows two families whose lives mirror much of the political and social tumult of that decade. The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian (Jerry O’Connell) joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael (Josh Hamilton) becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie (Julia Stiles) gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor (Charles S. Dutton), a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet (Leonard Roberts) moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton (David Alan Grier). The 60’s incorporates much newsreel footage from the era in an attempt to give the proceedings a greater realism, as well as a soundtrack of many popular songs of the era, including a new recording of Bob Dylan’s Chimes Of Freedom by Dylan and Joan Osborne.

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» CAST

Jordana Brewster as Sarah – Jerry O’Connell as Brian – Josh Hamilton as Michael

Jeremy Sisto  …  Kenny Klein
Leonard Roberts  …  Emmet Taylor
Bill Smitrovich  …  Bill Herlihy
Annie Corley  …  Mary Herlihy
Donovan Leitch  …  Neal Reynolds

Entire castlist @ IMDB

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