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Breakdown: 1975

In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

2025 |1h 32m |  Documentary

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Cast

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Jodie Foster

Narrator (voice)

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Ellen Burstyn

Self

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Josh Brolin

Self

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Bill Gates

Self

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Kurt Andersen

Self

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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Self

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Seth Rogen

Self

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Wesley Morris

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Patton Oswalt

Self

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Peter Bart

Self

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Rick Perlstein

Self

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David Brinkley

Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

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Johnny Carson

Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)

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John Chancellor

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

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Frank Church

Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)

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Gerald Ford

Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage)

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Lynette Fromme

Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage)

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Bob Hope

Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)

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Ted Kennedy

Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage)

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Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

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Dan Rather

Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)

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Ronald Reagan

Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage)

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Geraldo Rivera

Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage)

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Mario Van Peebles

Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage)

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Sylvester Stallone

Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)

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Jack Nicholson

Self (archive footage)

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Charles Bronson

Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)

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Richard Pryor

Self (archive footage)

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Al Pacino

Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)

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Robert De Niro

Travis Bickle (archive footage)

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Gene Hackman

(archive footage)

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Betty Ford

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Language

English, Spanish

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