Directed by Paul Mariano Kurt Norton Written by Douglas Blush   Paul Mariano   Kurt Norton   Cast Jeff Adachi ... Self James H. Billington ... Self Robin Blaetz ... Self Brooks Boliek ... Self Ernest Borgnine ... Self (archive footage) Charles Burnett ... Self Jay Carr ... Self Martin Cohen ... Self Peter Coyote ... Self Arlene Damron ... Self Julie Dash ... Self Allen Daviau ... Self Caleb Deschanel ... Self Zooey Deschanel ... Self Kristine Fong ... Self Robert A. Harris ... Self Amy Heckerling ... Self Jan-Christopher Horak ... Self Jennifer Horne ... Self Gale Anne Hurd ... Self Steve James ... Self Barry Jenkins ... Self Barbara Kopple   Mick LaSalle ... Self John Lasseter ... Self Stephen Leggett ... Self Heather Linville ... Self Patrick Loughney ... Self John Magary ... Self Leonard Maltin ... Self Roger Mayer ... Self Farran Smith Nehme ... Self Christopher Nolan ... Self Stephen Peck ... Self Jennifer Phang ... Self Rick Prelinger ... Self John Ptak ... Self Rob Reiner ... Self Del Reisman ... Self Debbie Reynolds ... Self Robert Rosen ... Self (as Prof. Robert Rosen) Tim Roth ... Self James Schamus ... Self Paul Schrader ... Self Eric J. Schwartz ... Self John Singleton ... Self Anthony Slide ... Self Michael Smith ... Self Shelley Stamp ... Self Liz Stanley ... Self James Stewart ... Self (archive footage) George Takei ... Self Wayne Wang ... Self John Waters ... Self John Wayne ... Self (archive footage) George R. Willeman ... Self Jan Yarbrough ... Self Kevin Yost ... Self Uncredited Cast Brooke Adams ... Abby (clip from Days of Heaven (1978)) (archive footage) Phillip Alford ... Jem (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage) Woody Allen ... Self (archive footage) Sara Allgood ... Mrs. Morgan (clip from How Green Was My Valley (1941)) (archive footage) Marian Anderson ... Self (clip from Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939)) (archive footage) Robert J. Anderson ... Little George (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Dana Andrews ... Fred Derry (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage) Brian Avery ... Carl Smith (clip from The Graduate (1967)) (archive footage) Lew Ayres ... Paul (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage) Jim Backus ... Frank Stark (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage) Mary Badham ... Scout (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage) Lucille Ball ... Bubbles (clip from Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)) (archive footage) Warren Beatty ... Clyde Barrow (archive footage) Noah Beery Jr. ... Buster McGee (clip from Red River (1948)) (archive footage) John Belushi ... John Blutarsky (clip from Animal House (1978)) (archive footage) Ingrid Bergman ... Alicia Huberman (clip from Notorious (1946)) (archive footage) Clara Blandick ... Auntie Em (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Ray Bolger ... 'Hunk' / The Scarcrow (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Ward Bond ... Detective Tom Polhaus (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) (archive footage) Barry Bostwick ... Brad Majors (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) Henry Brandon ... Scar (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage) Virginia Brissac ... Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage) J. Edward Bromberg ... Don Luis Quintero (clip from The Mark of Zorro (1940)) (archive footage) James Brown ... Self (clip from The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)) (archive footage) Tommy Bupp ... Norman Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage) Billie Burke ... Glinda (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) James Cagney ... George M. Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage) Nell Campbell ... Columbia (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) George Chakiris ... Bernardo (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage) Morris Chestnut ... Ricky Baker (clip from Boyz n the Hood (1991)) (archive footage) Montgomery Clift ... Matt Garth (archive footage) Colin Clive ... Henry Frankenstein (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage) Ronald Colman ... Lord Darlington (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) (archive footage) Gary Cooper ... Marshal Will Kane (clip from High Noon (1952)) (archive footage) Miriam Cooper ... Margaret Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Joseph Cotten ... Jedediah Leland (archive footage) Buster Crabbe ... Flash Gordon (clip from Flash Gordon (1936)) (archive footage) Peter Cushing ... Grand Moff Tarkin (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage) Anthony Daniels ... C-3PO (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage) Jane Darwell ... Ma Joad (clip from The Grapes of Wrath (1940)) (archive footage) Bette Davis ... Margo (clip from All About Eve (1950)) (archive footage) Jose De Vega ... Chino (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage) King Donovan ... Jack Belicec (clip from Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956)) (archive footage) Ann Doran ... Mrs. Carol Stark (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) (archive footage) Keir Dullea ... Dr. Dave Bowman (clip from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)) (archive footage) Douglass Dumbrille ... Brody (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Faye Dunaway ... Bonnie Parker (archive footage) Liam Dunn ... Rev. Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) George Dzundza ... John (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) (archive footage) Alphonse Ethier ... Cragg (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Tom Fadden ... Tollhouse Keeper (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Frank Faylen ... Ernie (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) W.C. Fields ... Harold Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage) Peter Finch ... Howard Beale (clip from Network (1976)) (archive footage) Laurence Fishburne ... Furious Styles (clip from Boyz n the Hood (1991)) (archive footage) Errol Flynn ... Robin Hood (clip from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)) (archive footage) Milos Forman ... Self (archive footage) Douglas Fowley ... Roscoe Dexter (clip from Singin' in the Rain (1952)) (archive footage) Michael J. Fox ... Marty McFly (clip from Back to the Future (1985)) (archive footage) Anthony Franciosa ... Joey DePalma (clip from A Face in the Crowd (1957)) (archive footage) Fraunie Fraunholz ... Fraunie (clip from Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)) (archive footage) Dwight Frye ... Fritz (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage) Jeanne Gail ... Little Mary (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Lillian Gish ... Elsie (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Tre Styles (clip from Boyz n the Hood (1991)) (archive footage) Cary Grant ... Devlin (clip from Notorious (1946)) (archive footage) Charley Grapewin ... Uncle Henry (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Charles Gray ... The Criminologist (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) Karolyn Grimes ... Zuzu (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Georgia Hale ... Georgia (clip from The Gold Rush (1925)) (archive footage) Jack Haley ... 'Hickory' / The Tin Man (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Charles Halton ... Carter (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Margaret Hamilton ... Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Theresa Harris ... Chico (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Katharine Hepburn ... Amanda Bonner (clip from Adam's Rib (1949)) (archive footage) John Hillerman ... Howard Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Dustin Hoffman ... Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (clip from Tootsie (1982)) (archive footage) Maynard Holmes ... Pratt - Personnel Office (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Kathleen Howard ... Amelia Bissonette (clip from It's a Gift (1934)) (archive footage) David Huddleston ... Olson Johnson (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Jeffrey Hunter ... Martin Pawley (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage) Ice Cube ... Dougboy / Darren (clip from Boyz n the Hood (1991)) (archive footage) Boris Karloff ... The Monster (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage) Todd Karns ... Harry Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Alex Karras ... Mongo (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Suzie Kaye ... Rosalia (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage) Jacqueline Kennedy ... Self - First Lady of the United States of America (clip from Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)) (archive footage) John F. Kennedy ... Self - President of the United States of America (clip from Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)) (archive footage) Harvey Korman ... Hedley Lamarr (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Alan Ladd ... Shane (clip from Shane (1953)) (archive footage) Bert Lahr ... 'Zeke' / The Cowardly Lion (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Patrick Leahy ... Self - U.S. Senator (archive footage) Ralph Lewis ... Hon. Austin Stoneman (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Cleavon Little ... Bart (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Walter Long ... Gus (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Myrna Loy ... Milly Stephenson (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage) Mae Marsh ... Flora Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Groucho Marx ... Rufus T. Firefly (clip from Duck Soup (1933)) (archive footage) May McAvoy ... Lady Windermere (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) (archive footage) Betsy A. McLane ... Self (archive footage) John Megna ... Dill Harris (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage) Frank Morgan ... The Wizard of Oz (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) James Murray ... Brakeman (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Taylor Negron ... Pizza Guy (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage) Kim Novak ... Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton (clip from Vertigo (1958)) (archive footage) Bill Nunn ... Radio Raheem (clip from Do the Right Thing (1989)) (archive footage) Richard O'Brien ... Riff Raff (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) Cathy O'Donnell ... Wilma Cameron (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage) Maureen O'Hara ... Judy O'Brien (clip from Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)) (archive footage) Peter O'Toole ... T.E. Lawrence (clip from Lawrence of Arabia (1962)) (archive footage) Collin Wilcox Paxton ... Mayella Violet Ewell (clip from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) (archive footage) Slim Pickens ... Maj. 'King' Kong (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) (archive footage) Sidney Poitier ... Virgil Tibbs (archive footage) Mrs. Tyrone Power ... Mrs. Richard Walton (clip from Where Are My Children? (1916)) (archive footage) Tyrone Power ... Diego (clip from The Mark of Zorro (1940)) (archive footage) David Prowse ... Darth Vader (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) (archive footage) Patricia Quinn ... Magenta (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) Donna Reed ... Mary Hatch (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Judge Reinhold ... Brad Hamilton (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage) Jean Rogers ... Dale Arden (clip from Flash Gordon (1936)) (archive footage) Harold Russell ... Homer Parrish (clip from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) (archive footage) Robert Ryan ... Thornton (archive footage) Susan Sarandon ... Janet Weiss (archive footage) John Savage ... Steven (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) (archive footage) George C. Scott ... General George S. Patton Jr. (archive footage) Harry Shearer ... Derek Smalls (clip from This is Spinal Tap (1984)) (archive footage) Barbara Stanwyck ... Lily (clip from Baby Face (1933)) (archive footage) Slim Summerville ... Tjaden (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage) Buddy Swan ... Charles Foster Kane, age eight (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) (archive footage) Marian Swayne ... Marian (clip from Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)) (archive footage) Terry ... Toto (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (archive footage) Henry Thomas ... Elliott (clip from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) (archive footage) Spencer Tracy ... Adam Bonner (clip from Adam's Rib (1949)) (archive footage) Henry Travers ... Clarence (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)) (archive footage) Ted Turner ... Self (archive footage) Gus Visser ... Self (clip from Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925)) (archive footage) Erich von Stroheim ... Max Von Mayerling (clip from Sunset Boulevard (1950)) (archive footage) Christopher Walken ... Nick (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) (archive footage) Ray Walston ... Mr. Hand (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage) Henry B. Walthall ... Col. Ben Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (archive footage) Gene Wilder ... Jim (clip from Blazing Saddles (1974)) (archive footage) Yvonne Wilder ... Consuelo (clip from West Side Story (1961)) (archive footage) Yvonne Williams ... Yvonne (clip from The Exiles (1961)) (archive footage) Louis Wolheim ... Kat (clip from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) (archive footage) Lana Wood ... Younger Debbie Edwards (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage) Hank Worden ... Mose Harper (clip from The Searchers (1956)) (archive footage) Fay Wray ... Ann Darrow (clip from King Kong (1933)) (archive footage) Dana Wynter ... Becky Driscoll (clip from Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956)) (archive footage) Amanda Wyss ... Lisa (clip from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)) (archive footage) Produced by Douglas Blush   Suzanne Chapot   Barbara Grandvoinet   Paul Mariano   Kurt Norton   Christine O'Malley   Original Music by Peter Golub

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