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The 50 Year Argument

Jun 7, 2014 · 1h 35m
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PLOT

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.

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CAST

Michael Chabon
Himself
Norman Mailer
Himself
Joan Didion
Herself
Barbara Epstein
Herself
Elizabeth Hardwick
Herself
Michael Stuhlbarg
Narration
Directed by Martin Scorsese

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Sikelia Productions, Magna Global Entertainment, BBC Arena, HBO Documentary Films
Country
US

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