The '60s | 
| Director: Mark Piznarski
Actors: Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'connell, Jeremy Sisto, Jordana Brewster
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 4154
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 172 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 031398709633
EAN: 0031398709633
ASIN: B00000INF2
Theatrical Release Date: February 7, 1999
Release Date: June 22, 1999
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Tackling an entire decade--and a turbulent one at that--within a three-hour movie is a challenge, and while The '60s is frequently entertaining, it unfortunately is not completely up to the task. The movie follows the lives of four young people, three from a white suburban family with parents out of The Wonder Years and one African American from the South. The characters are forced into one-dimensional cliches; they are their personas to the nth degree. Katie (Julia Stiles), the pretty young blond, is the lost hippie; Brian (Jerry O'Connell), the former high school football player, is the gung-ho-turned-disgruntled Vietnam solider; Michael (Josh Hamilton) exemplifies the political activist; and Emmet (Leonard Roberts), the only representative of the entire black movement of the '60s, plays first the pacifist who effects change through nonviolent means and then the Black Panther, and then he finally returns to his nonviolent ways. Yet despite the trite characters and slow beginning, the movie picks up pace as each becomes involved in his or her own story. They become strangely compelling, to the point where you are sorry when the story switches to another character because you want to see more. An eclectic shooting style--a mixture of archival footage, seamlessly spliced with shots of the miniseries in black and white, which then becomes color--effectively places the characters in the '60s context. You can believe that these folks were at the Democratic Convention in Chicago or the Watts riots or Woodstock. Yet, sometimes a break is needed: the film is unrelenting in presenting crisis after crisis with no respite, making one wonder if there were any quiet, simple, or nice moments in the entire decade. The sentimental soundtrack plays continuously, helping set the appropriate tone and the frenetic atmosphere of the movie. For those who lived through the '60s, this miniseries provides a nostalgic look back at the various movements and a general feel of the time, especially with the proliferation of film clips that aren't oft repeated (we've all seen the moon landing ad nauseam, but footage of Abbie Hoffman or Dylan playing the club scene in the East Village are refreshing). And for those born after this period, this miniseries makes the decade look like a frenzied, troubled mess that we can be grateful we had the good fortune to miss. --Jenny Brown
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 A Chance to Relive the Decade January 1, 2005
C. W. Emblom (Ishpeming, Michigan USA)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Every so often I get lucky when I take a chance on a DVD. This is one such case. The '60s is the story of one family with three children, one of which (a daughter) becomes involved with hippies, a son who serves in Vietnam, and another son who becomes a peace activist. We follow the lives of each child as they play out their respective roles throughout the decade. Combined with the music from the time period along with NBC newsclips on assassinations, race riots, and political unrest this was a movie that brought this decade back to me to relive all over again.
Emotional, Intense, Mind-Altering February 18, 2005
Kate (New York City)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Watching this film made me feel immensley nostalgic.
Despite that I was born two decades after the sixties, the illustrations of the emotional uproar at the time was so excellently done that I felt as if I was experiencing it myself. The portrayl of the characters development, as well as the Social Issues of the time, was wonderfully intense.
Many of the sense were so so emotionally rich that I even cried a few times, even when it wasn't a particularly sad scene.
The NBC news clips furthered the feeling of experiencing the important events of the sixties, such as JFKs assasination, yourself. Watching what so many saw back in 1963 evokes a feeling of empathy for everyone who heard the news so long ago.
One main aspect of the sixties was the feeling of hope, and that anyone could make a difference, which was clealy evident in the film. After watching it, I wanted so badly to organize a protest. This film definatley inspires the want to stand up for what you believe in and take action.
For those not very interested with the culture and history of the sixties, chances are that the film still possess something they would enjoy. As an example, the lost, confused, and angry attitude of teenage-hood is also demonstrated.
Overall The Sixties was an amazing film. I strongly reccomend this film. Anyone with brain waves will enjoy it.
It had a very strong involving story and characters August 28, 1999
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
Really enjoyed and appreciated the story which was an anthology about the 60s decade. The world really changed because of this people. There wasracial tension between black and white in Missisippi and alabama plus tension between adults who believed in giving your life for your country and young people who do not think it is right to do that if your country is lying to you about why we are in the war. Josh Hamilton who played Michael was very good as that kind of young person. Jeremy sisto was very good too as a "radical", those who were so mad about the war that they got beat up and arrested for laying in front of trooptrains. Jordana Brewster was intense as the girl who was just as crazy and risky and got beat up all the time by police as well. This was the best parts of the movie, but the whole movie was good. The old songs from this movie are the icing on the cake and really make you feel like you are in that time.
 a poor tv movie January 30, 2000
mistermaxxx@yahoo.com (usa)
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
the 60's were more than these tired cliches that are more PC than they are Correct.this film doesn't do the Era any kind of Justice or truth.
One star for the movie AND the generation July 2, 2002
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
"The Sixties: The Movie" is about exactly what we expect it to be about. It takes exactly the same attitude that crowd has taken for years: "We saved the world! Now pass me a doobie!" You have the conservative parents who think they know best (they'll learn); the older brother who goes off to war (you know which one) and, of course, becomes a manic-depressive drug addict upon his return (where are all the well adjusted Vietnam Vets I've met over the years?); the idealistic brother (you know, the REALLY courageous one) who joins the protest movement because the war is "immoral" (this is the same guy who's more than happy to send a later generation off to Lambakistan to fight for him); blah, blah, blah... So, one star for the movie AND the generation - at least for the fraction of it that can't get over itself.
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