America at the Movies
America at the Movies ★★½ 1976
Scenes from more than 80 of the finest American motion pictures fly by in an effort to tell the story of the cinema and provide a portrait of America as it has been seen on screen for half a century. Clips from “The Birth of a Nation,” “Citizen Kane,” “Dr. Strangelove,” “East of Eden,” “The French Connection,” and “From Here to Eternity” are among the many included. Some black-and-white scenes; produced by the American Film Institute. 116m/C VHS . John Wayne, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, James Dean, Gene Hackman, Burt Lancaster, Julie Harris, Deborah Kerr, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro; M: Nelson Riddle; Nar: Charlton Heston.
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