The 60s (1999)
Overview
The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.9225 |
Directed By
Mark Piznarski
Crew
Robert Greenfield
Peter C. Clarke
Mark Piznarski
Bill Couturié
Amy Reiner
George Herthel
Tony Adler
Adell Aldrich
Ellen Totleben
Shane Dixon
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
Molly Lopata
Robert Frazen
Glen Magers
Clay Rawlins
Tim Chilton
Brian Adler
Jimmy N. Roberts
Melissa Allen-Weiser
Charlie Brewer
Jim Chory
Michael D. O'Shea
Robert Aaron Brown
June Brickman
Jed Feuer
Judith Pritchard
Dawn Snyder
Lynda Obst
Michele Teleis-Fickle
Craig M. Otte
Michael A. Chavez
Bob Costanza
Gary Coppola
Jim Henrikson
Mark Allen
Melanie Grefé
Lee J. Bognar
Dennis Petersen
Denise Pizzini
Mitch Toles
Fred Toye
Mary-Anne Aston
Sean J. O'Shea
Ken Beauchene
Mindy Sheldon
John 'Jake' Jacobson
Gordon Antell
Robert 'Cass' McEntee
Michael Cassidy
Vincent Jefferds
Kanani Wolf
Will Leong
Candace Suerstedt
Dana Millman
Eric Sundahl
Laura Christy
Wally Sweeterman
Mindy Miller
Clinton Dougherty
Lance Mancuso
Kenn Fuller
Minerva Adams
Jennifer Caputo
Steven Mack
Ron Petruccione
Kenneth Raich
Fred Apolito
Stanton Barrett
Catherine Bond
Florence-Isabelle Megginson
Jeff Case
Mike Weathers
Dennis Fuller
TOP CAST
Josh Hamilton
Michael Herlihy
Julia Stiles
Katie Herlihy
Jerry O'Connell
Brian Herlihy
Jeremy Sisto
Kenny Klein
Jordana Brewster
Sarah Weinstock
Leonard Roberts
Emmet Taylor
Bill Smitrovich
Bill Herlihy
Annie Corley
Mary Herlihy
Donovan Leitch
Neal Reynolds
David Alan Grier
Fred Hampton
Charles S. Dutton
Reverend Willie Taylor
Cliff Gorman
Father Daniel Berrigan
April Mills
Constance
Marc Blucas
Buddy Wells
Jenna Byrne
Melissa
Carnie Wilson
Mama Earth
John C. Meier
Cop #3
David Denman
SDS Radical
Ronald William Lawrence
Civil Rights Leader #1
Kimberly Scott
Althea Taylor
Monti Sharp
Civil Rights Leader #2
Chonique Sneed
Dancer
Sara Van Horn
Sister Elisabeth
Brian Donovan
Chicago Delegate / Reed Student
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff
Gibbs Tolsdorf
Marine
James Arone
Father Monahan
David Paul Needles
Toby Manders
David Tom
Tommy
Lauren Birkell
Joanie
Grant Gelt
Jimmy Dunbar
Lynn Tufeld
Nurse
Ping Wu
Chinese Waiter
Jeremiah Birkett
Marquette
Nigel Thatch
Corey
Elisabeth Röhm
Amanda Stone
Mushond Lee
Huey Newton
Michael Maize
Leather Hat
Hugh Ross
Owl Man
Miranda Bailey
Digger Girl
Steve Eastin
Big Max
Roger Hampton
Half Sauced Man
Tim Reinhard
John Denny
Michael Harney
Tom Gryzbowski
Sean Hennigan
Sergeant
Brian Klugman
Wahoo
Heath Lourwood
WavyGravy
Grant Mathis
FBI Agent #2
Clay Wilcox
Trippie Hippie
Andrew Woodworth
Red
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