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Medium Cool

Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968. It was notable for Wexler's use of cinéma vérité–style documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and…

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Box office
$5.5 million (rentals)
Budget
$800,000
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
Country
United States
Directed by
Haskell Wexler
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

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Medium Cool

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related to Bibliography · 20
Medium Cool → Archived, Arthur, August, Canby, Cineaste, Cronin, ISSN, March, Mid Summer Mavericks, Paul, Real Events, Retrieved June, Seen, September, Sight, Sound, Summer, The New York Times, Vincent, Vol
related to Critical response · 17
Medium Cool → America, Canby, Ebert, Guernica, He, In, In Medium Cool, Like Ebert, Much, Roger Ebert, The, The New York Times, There, Ultimately, Vincent Canby, Wexler, While Ebert
related to External links · 7
Medium Cool → Criterion Collection, Haskell, IMDbMedium Cool, Preserving Disorder, Rotten Tomatoes'Look, The Making, Thomas Beard
related to Home media · 6
Medium Cool → Blu-Ray, Criterion Collection, DVD, May, Paramount, Region
is a · 2
Medium Cool → 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, awkward and even pretentious movie
Box office · 1
Medium Cool → $5.5 million (rentals)
Budget · 1
Medium Cool → $800,000
Cinematography · 1
Medium Cool → Haskell Wexler
Country · 1
Medium Cool → United States
Directed by · 1
Medium Cool → Haskell Wexler

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Medium CoolBox office$5.5 million (rentals)1.00infobox
Medium CoolBudget$800,0001.00infobox
Medium CoolCinematographyHaskell Wexler1.00infobox
Medium CoolCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Medium CoolDirected byHaskell Wexler1.00infobox
Medium CoolDistributed byParamount Pictures1.00infobox
Medium CoolEdited byVerna Fields1.00infobox
Medium CoolLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Medium CoolMusic byMike Bloomfield1.00infobox
Medium CoolProduced byTully Friedman Haskell Wexler Jerrold Wexler1.00infobox
Medium CoolProduction companiesH & J Pictures1.00infobox
Medium CoolRelease dateAugust 27, 1969 (1969-08-27)1.00infobox
Medium CoolRunning time110 minutes1.00infobox
Medium CoolStarringRobert Forster Verna Bloom Peter Bonerz Marianna Hill Harold Blankenship1.00infobox
Medium CoolWritten byHaskell Wexler1.00infobox
Medium Coolis a1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster0.90text
Medium Coolis aawkward and even pretentious movie0.90text

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