DVD
Smiling through the apocalypse : Esquire in the 60s : how Harold Hayes rocked journalism
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Nora Ephron, Gore Vidal, Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, George Lois, Peter Bogdanovich, Carl Fischer, Pete Turner, Robert Benton, Jean-Paul Goude, Lee Eisenberg, John Berendt, Becky Bartlett, Tom Hedley, Ed Wilson, Walter Friedenberg, Arnold Gingrich, Hugh Hefner, Candice Bergen, Frank Rich, Ralph Herring, Kitty Kruptat, Burt Silverman, Ed Sorel, Graydon Carter.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : First Run Features, [2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Exploring the revolution in journalism sparked by the turbulence of the 1960s, this is the story of maverick editor Harold T.P. Hayes, who made Esquire magazine a galvanizing force in American culture. In this documentary, filmmaker Tom Hayes (Harold's son) paints a portrait of editorial genius using the voices and images of the iconic writers, photographers and artists who, with Hayes at the helm, brought Esquire to the vanguard of the cultural revolution.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2013.
Bonus features: Gore Vidal on William Buckley ; Nora Ephron at Esquire ; Gay Talese on "Frank Sinatra has a cold."