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Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999)

8.51h 39mDocumentary • History
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Synopsis

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.

Movie Information

Director
Barry Levinson
Writers
Kenn Rabin, Richard Berge
Release Year
1999
Runtime
99 minutes
Genre
Documentary, History
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Status
Released
Rating
8.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Top Cast

Richard Belzer — cast portrait as Self
Richard Belzer
Self
Octavia E. Butler — cast portrait as Self
Octavia E. Butler
Self
Phyllis Diller — cast portrait as Self
Phyllis Diller
Self
Spalding Gray — cast portrait as Self
Spalding Gray
Self
Matt Groening — cast portrait as Self
Matt Groening
Self
Charlton Heston — cast portrait as Self
Charlton Heston
Self
Robert Klein — cast portrait as Self
Robert Klein
Self
Fran Lebowitz — cast portrait as Self
Fran Lebowitz
Self

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Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.

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