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The Seventies is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on June 11, 2015. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman' studio Playtone, and serving as a follow-up to The Sixties, the 8-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1970s.
Original Release
06/11/2015
US Release
06/11/2015
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Douglas Brinkley | Self - Historian / Self - Historian (as Doug Brinkley) / Self |
| Rick Perlstein | Self - Author, 'Nixonland' / Author, 'The Invisible Bridge' / Self - Author, 'The Invisible Bridge' |
| Chris Connelly | Self / Self - Editor-in-Chief, Graceland |
| Dan Rather | Self / Self - Fmr White House Correspondent / Self - Managing Editor, 'Dan Rather Reports' |
| Tim Naftali | Self - Historian / Self - Fmr Director, Nixon Presidential Library |
| Renee Graham | Self - NPR Columnist Critic / Self - NPR Culture Columnist / Self - NPR Culture Critic |
| Jefferson Cowie | Self - Author, 'Stayin' Alive' / Self - History Professor, Cornell |
| Lawrence Wright | Self - Author, 'Going Clear' / Self - Author, 'Thirteen Days in September' |
| Robin Morgan | Self - Author and Activist |
| Tom Hanks | Self / Self - Actor |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Television Gets Real | Thursday, 11 June 2015 |
| 2 | The United States vs. Nixon | Thursday, 18 June 2015 |
| 3 | Peace with Honor | Thursday, 25 June 2015 |
| 4 | Crimes & Cults | Thursday, 09 July 2015 |
| 5 | The State of the Union Is Not Good | Thursday, 16 July 2015 |
| 6 | Battle of the Sexes | Thursday, 23 July 2015 |
| 7 | Terror at Home and Abroad | Thursday, 30 July 2015 |
| 8 | What's Goin' On | Thursday, 13 August 2015 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Douglas Brinkley | Self - Historian / Self - Historian (as Doug Brinkley) / Self |
| Rick Perlstein | Self - Author, 'Nixonland' / Author, 'The Invisible Bridge' / Self - Author, 'The Invisible Bridge' |
| Chris Connelly | Self / Self - Editor-in-Chief, Graceland |
| Dan Rather | Self / Self - Fmr White House Correspondent / Self - Managing Editor, 'Dan Rather Reports' |
| Tim Naftali | Self - Historian / Self - Fmr Director, Nixon Presidential Library |
| Renee Graham | Self - NPR Columnist Critic / Self - NPR Culture Columnist / Self - NPR Culture Critic |
| Jefferson Cowie | Self - Author, 'Stayin' Alive' / Self - History Professor, Cornell |
| Lawrence Wright | Self - Author, 'Going Clear' / Self - Author, 'Thirteen Days in September' |
| Robin Morgan | Self - Author and Activist |
| Tom Hanks | Self / Self - Actor |
| Pat Buchanan | Self - Senior advisor to Pres. Nixon |
| Robin Wright | Self - Author, 'Dreams and Shadows' / Self - Author, 'The Last Great Revolution' |
| Don Ohlmeyer | Self - Producer, 'Monday Night Football' / Self - Studio Director, Munich Olympics Broadcast |
| Richard Reeves | Self - Author, 'A Ford Not a Lincoln' / Self - Author, 'Richard Nixon: Alone in the White House' |
| Robert Dallek | Self - Author, 'Hail to the Chief' / Self - Author, 'Nixon and Kissinger' |
| Evan Thomas | Self - Author, 'Being Nixon' |
| John Limbert | Self - Diplomat, American Embassy Hostage |
| Kevin Mattson | Self - Author / Self - Journalist & Historian |
| Elizabeth Holtzman | Self - Fmr Congresswoman, D-NY |
| Vincent Bugliosi | Self - Fmr LA Deputy District Atty. |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kirk Saduski | Executive Producer |
| Mark Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Gary Goetzman | Executive Producer |
| Christopher G. Cowen | Executive Producer |
| Tom Hanks | Executive Producer |
| Jane E. Russell | Producer |
| Stephen J. Morrison | Producer |
| Mike Goetzman | Producer |
| Alex Fleming | Producer |
| Jonathan B. Taylor | Producer |
| Elizabeth Goetzman | Producer |
| Sarah Umbach | Producer |
| David Rivera | Producer |
| Patrick Roscoe | Producer |
| Nicholas Ward | Producer |
| Simon Brown | Producer |
| Paola di Florio | Producer |
| Stacy Strazis | Producer |
| Sandra Murray | Producer |
Editors
Inbal B. Lessner, Thomas Wise, Miranda Yousef, Jason Hardwick, Jason Rosenfield, Chris A. Peterson, Erin Perri
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
