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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What is The '60s about?
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. The '60s is a Drama, TV Movie movie, released on 1999-02-07, runtime 172 minutes.
Is The '60s worth watching?
TMDB users rate The '60s 6.2 out of 10 from 30 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch The '60s?
In the United States, The '60s streams on History Vault. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Mark Piznarski
Cast
- Josh Hamilton as Michael Herlihy
- Julia Stiles as Katie Herlihy
- Jerry O'Connell as Brian Herlihy
- Jeremy Sisto as Kenny Klein
- Jordana Brewster as Sarah Weinstock
- Leonard Roberts as Emmet Taylor
- Bill Smitrovich as Bill Herlihy
- Annie Corley as Mary Herlihy
- Donovan Leitch as Neal Reynolds
- David Alan Grier as Fred Hampton
- Charles S. Dutton as Reverend Willie Taylor
- Cliff Gorman as Father Daniel Berrigan
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