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Director:
Morgan Neville
Writers:
Kristine Mckenna (writer)
Morgan Neville (writer)
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Genre:
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Plot:
How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch. | add synopsis
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 (From IFC. 24 March 2008, 7:41 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
for genuine art lover's with too much time on their hands only more (3 total)

Cast

 
Eve Babitz ... Herself
John Baldessari ... Himself
Larry Bell ... Himself
Billy Al Bengston ... Himself
Edmond Bereal ... Himself
Irving Blum ... Himself

Jeff Bridges ... Himself - Narrator
Charles Brittin ... Himself
William Claxton ... Himself
Donald Factor ... Himself
Sonia Gechtoff ... Herself
Frank O. Gehry ... Himself (as Frank Gehry)
Hal Glicksman ... Himself
Peter Goulds ... Himself
Elyse Grinstein ... Herself
Stanley Grinstein ... Himself
Henry Hopkins ... Himself

Dennis Hopper ... Himself
Walter Hopps ... Himself
Robert Irwin ... Himself
Ivan Karp ... Himself
Craig Kauffman ... Himself
David Lafaille ... Himself
David Meltzer ... Himself
Ed Moses ... Himself
Shirley Neilsen Blum ... Herself
Jim Newman ... Himself
Peter Plagens ... Himself
Ken Price ... Himself
Vivian Rowan ... Herself
Edward Ruscha ... Himself (as Ed Ruscha)
Dean Stockwell ... Himself
Andy Warhol ... Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Morgan Neville 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Kristine Mckenna  writer
Morgan Neville  writer

Produced by
Terry Chatkupt .... associate producer
Lois Chiles .... co-executive producer
David Davis .... executive producer: OPB
Sally Jo Fifer .... executive producer: OPB
Stephanie J. Henderson .... associate producer (as Stephanie Henderson)
Kristine Mckenna .... producer
Cedd Moses .... executive producer
Dylan Robertson .... co-producer
Brenna Sanchez .... supervising producer
 
Original Music by
Dan Crane 
William Ungerman 
 
Film Editing by
Chris Perkel 
Dylan Robertson 
 
Production Management
Steven M. Bass .... executive in charge of production: OPB (as Steven Bass)
Robby Fahey .... production manager: ITVS
 
Sound Department
Michael Kowalski .... sound mixer
Odin Shafer .... sound mixer
 
Visual Effects by
Neil Berkley .... graphics
Jay Gammill .... additional graphics
Scott Grossman .... graphics
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Morgan Neville .... camera operator
Chris Perkel .... camera operator
Dylan Robertson .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Howard Beckerman .... post-production
Jason Fischman .... assistant editor
Stephanie Hernstadt .... assistant editor
Odin Shafer .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Chris Bautista .... musician
Joe Berardi .... musician
Michael Boito .... musician
Dan Crane .... musician
Chris Heckman .... music engineer
Ravi Knypstra .... musician
Willie McNeil .... musician
David Ralicke .... musician
 
Other crew
Claire Adamsick .... promotion
Cheri Arbini .... program manager
Paul Beattie .... archive and stills
Billy Al Bengston .... archive and stills
Charles Brittin .... archive and stills
Aaron Burns .... production assistant
William Claxton .... archive and stills
Patricia Faure .... archive and stills
Sonia Gechtoff .... archive and stills
Merrill Greene .... archive and stills
Dennis Hopper .... archive and stills
Harvey Hopps .... archive and stills
Robert Irwin .... archive and stills
Frank Lobdell .... archive and stills
Malcolm Lubliner .... archive and stills
Jerry McMillan .... archive and stills
Ed Moses .... archive and stills
Billy Name .... archive and stills
Charles Phoenix .... archive and stills
Ken Price .... archive and stills
Nancy Reddin Keinholz .... archive and stills
Seymour Rosen .... archive and stills
Edward Ruscha .... archive and stills (as Ed Ruscha)
Steve Shapiro .... archive and stills
Hassel Smith .... archive and stills
Russ Tamblyn .... archive and stills
Roberta Thomson .... archive and stills
Howard Wise .... archive and stills
 
Thanks
Liz Armstrong .... thanks
Stephanie Barron .... thanks
Billy Al Bengston .... special thanks
Wendy Bengston .... special thanks
Robert Berman .... special thanks
Shirley Berman .... special thanks
Tosh Berman .... special thanks
Lara Day .... special thanks
Leslie Denk .... thanks
Michelle Deziel .... thanks
Patricia Faure .... special thanks
Dennis Hopper .... special thanks
Caroline Huber Hopps .... special thanks
Lisa Melandri .... thanks
Ed Moses .... special thanks
Marcia Neville .... special thanks
Maurice Neville .... special thanks
Phloe Pontaoe .... special thanks
Ken Price .... special thanks
Nancy Reddin Kienholz .... special thanks
Seymour Rosen .... special thanks
Sarah Schrank .... thanks
Rani Singh .... thanks
Lesley Taplin .... special thanks
Bill Turner .... special thanks
Billie Weissman .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Cool School: How L.A. Learned to Love Modern Art (Australia)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG
Company:
Tremolo Productions more

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for genuine art lover's with too much time on their hands only, 20 August 2008
2/10
Author: soutexmex from Austin, Texas

You REALLY, REALLY have to be an art lover to like this documentary. I mean, I thought after the glacial pacing that maybe I would learn something new about art and I did. But not enough to slog through after the first 10 - 15 minutes. I just couldn't take it anymore. Yes, I agree these guys/gals made their artistic bones on the west coast and need to be recognized but they deserved a better presentation as a whole. Even the celebrity cameos felt limp. I was more interested in the brand of cigars they were smoking than in the subject they were discussing. I flipped back to view what I had recorded from the History Channel to finish my night.

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