Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while the ailing American studio system groaned under its own weight and inertia. New Hollywood had arrived with Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, and already by 1968 it was changing how Hollywood thought and acted. The student film scene was getting ready to explode, and it knew it.
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The New Cinema Cast
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Character |
Roman Polanski
He was 34, now 91 years old
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George Lucas
He was 23, now 80 years old
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Francis Ford Coppola
He was 28, now 85 years old
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Dustin Hoffman
He was 30, now 87 years old
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Peter Fonda
He was 27, 79 years old when he died
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Michael J. Pollard
He was 28, 80 years old when he died
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Paul Winfield
He was 28, 64 years old when he died
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as Himself / Narrator |
Viva
She was 29, now 86 years old
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Andy Warhol
He was 39, 58 years old when he died
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Edith Evans
She was 79, 88 years old when she died
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Ingrid Superstar
She was 24, 42 years old when she died
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Sharon Tate
She was 24, 26 years old when she died
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Isabel Jewell
She was 60, 64 years old when she died
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The New Cinema Crew