A Decade Under the Influence (film)
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| Directed by | Ted Demme Richard LaGravenese  | 
| Music by | John Kimbrough | 
| Distributed by | Independent Film Channel | 
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Running time  | 138 minutes | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
A Decade Under the Influence is a 2003 American documentary film, directed by Ted Demme (posthumously released) and Richard LaGravenese. It was produced by Independent Film Channel.[1]
Summary
It is about the "turning point" in American cinema in the 1970s: New Hollywood. This was the final film that Ted Demme directed before his death at the age of 38 from a heart attack.[2]
Inspiration
The title comes from the 1974 John Cassavetes film A Woman Under the Influence.[3]
Reception
The film has a 77% approval rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 30 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Packed with amusing anecdotes and told through the perspective of those it lionizes, A Decade Under the Influence is too one-sided to serve as a comprehensive dissection of 1970s American film, but will still work a treat for movie buffs."[4]
Cast
- Robert Altman
 - John G. Avildsen
 - Warren Beatty (archive footage)
 - Linda Blair (archive footage)
 - Peter Bogdanovich
 - Peter Boyle (archive footage)
 - Marshall Brickman
 - Ellen Burstyn
 - John Calley
 - Jimmy Carter (archive footage)
 - John Cassavetes (archive footage)
 - Julie Christie
 - Jill Clayburgh (archive footage)
 - Clint Eastwood
 - Peter Fonda (archive footage)
 - Francis Ford Coppola
 - Miloš Forman
 - Roger Corman
 - Bruce Dern
 - William Friedkin
 - Pam Grier
 - Monte Hellman
 - Dennis Hopper
 - Sidney Lumet
 - Paul Mazursky
 - Michael Murphy (archive footage)
 - Polly Platt
 - Roy Scheider
 - Sydney Pollack
 - Jerry Schatzberg
 - Paul Schrader
 - Martin Scorsese
 - Sissy Spacek
 - Robert Towne
 - Jon Voight
 
See also
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, the book by Peter Biskind about American cinema in the 1970s that was also made into a 2003 documentary
 
References
- ^ George De Stefano (10 January 2006). An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. Macmillan. pp. 402–. ISBN 978-0-571-21157-9. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
 - ^ "Cardiac arrest claims life of "Blow" director Ted Demme".
 - ^ The 70s: Get over it - Los Angeles Times
 - ^ Rotten Tomatoes
 
