Medium Cool (1969)
August 27, 1969Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Robert Forster
John

Verna Bloom
Eileen

Peter Bonerz
Gus

Marianna Hill
Ruth

Harold Blankenship
Harold

Charles Geary
Harold's Father

Sid McCoy
Frank Baker

Christine Bergstrom
Dede

William Sickingen
News Director

Robert McAndrew
Pennybaker

Marrian Walters
Social Worker

Beverly Younger
Rich Lady

Edward Croke
Plain-clothesman

Doug Kimball
Newscaster

Peter Boyle
Gun Clinic Manager

Georgia Todda
Secretary

Sandra Ann Roberts
Blonde in Car

Janet Langhart
Maid

China Lee
Roller Derby Patron

Haskell Wexler
Cameraman on Scaffold (uncredited) / Writer / Director / Camera Operator / Producer / Director of Photography

Kay Rose
Sound Editor

Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor

Leon Ericksen
Art Direction

Wendell Franklin
Assistant Director

Marcia Lucas
Assistant Editor / Editor

Jonathan Haze
Producer's Assistant / Line Producer / Production Manager

Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director

Michael Philip Butler
Associate Producer

Ron Vargas
Assistant Camera

James Talbot
Title Designer

Michael D. Margulies
Camera Operator

Steven North
Associate Producer

Tully Friedman
Producer

Paul Golding
Editorial Consultant

William Schwartz
Production Assistant

Mike Bloomfield
Original Music Composer

Jerrold Wexler
Producer

Verna Fields
Editor

Chris Newman
Sound

Thomas Ryan
Gaffer
Media.













Details.
Release DateAugust 27, 1969
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingR
Budget$800,000
Box Office$5,500,000
Filming LocationsChicago, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968. It was notable for Wexler's use of cinéma vérité–style documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and non-fictional content.
The movie was met with widespread acclaim from numerous critics, including Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert, both calling the movie a "well-crafted masterpiece." The movie was also named one of the greatest movies of 1969, as well as one of the most influential movies in the New Hollywood movement. Robert Forster was also met with universal acclaim for his performance.
In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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