CinemaOSMovie · 2014 · 1h 35m

The 50 Year Argument

66%(18)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byMartin Scorsese, David Tedeschi

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Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
June 7, 2014
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Sikelia ProductionsHBO Documentary FilmsMagna Global Entertainment

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6 credited
Starring
Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon

Himself

Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

Himself

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

Herself

Barbara Epstein

Herself

Elizabeth Hardwick

Herself

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

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Directed by
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
David Tedeschi
David Tedeschi

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