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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 06/22/1999 Format: DVD Edition: Television Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 51 mins Studio: Lions Gate Members Wishing: 25 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age, Ensemble Film

Originally aired as a two-part miniseries on NBC, The 60's follows two families whose lives mirror much of the political and social tumult of that decade. The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian (Jerry O'Connell) joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael (Josh Hamilton) becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie (Julia Stiles) 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 (Charles S. Dutton), a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet (Leonard Roberts) moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton (David Alan Grier). The 60's incorporates much newsreel footage from the era in an attempt to give the proceedings a greater realism, as well as a soundtrack of many popular songs of the era, including a new recording of Bob Dylan's Chimes Of Freedom by Dylan and Joan Osborne. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Josh Hamilton
Julia Stiles
Jerry O'Connell
Jeremy Sisto
Jordana Brewster
David Alan Grier
Bill Smitrovich
Annie Corley
Leonard Roberts
Cliff Gorman
Charles S. Dutton - Rev. Willie Taylor

Experience the decade that changed the world as never before in Trimark Home Video's release of The 60's. Presented in standard 1.33:1 full screen and featuring English Dolby Digital Stereo with optional English, Spanish and French subtitles, this release also offers cast and crew information, a trailer and production commentary. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide