Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 4, 2001

Runtime

0h 48m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

Original Title

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Production Companies

Turner Classic Movies

Director

Charlie Coates

Description

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.