The Fear and the Dream (1997)

Film details

Featuring

Michael Ontkean David Halberstam
Countries

Canada Japan USA
Year

1997
Type

Television

Alternative titles

America in the Fifties 1: Fear and the Dream Alternative

Synopsis

Looks at American society, culture and history in the late 1940s/early 1950s, including: the death of Roosevelt and the end of the Second World War; the cultural and ideological conflicts and contradictions surfacing in society; economic expansion and prosperity; a baby boom; the building of Levittown; the beginnings of the Cold War; the development and testing of the hydrogen bomb; the McCarthy Communist witch-hunts; the start of the Korean War; and, the election of Eisenhower.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Michael Ontkean
  - interviewee
    
    David Halberstam
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Alex Gibney
  - Series Director
    
    Tracy Dahlby
  - Series Director
    
    Alex Gibney
  - a production of The
    
    Fifties Inc.
  - Produced with the participation of
    
    Téléfilm Canada
  - Produced with the participation of
    
    Canal D
  - Produced in association with
    
    CTV Television Network
  - Produced in association with
    
    Alliance Equicap Corporation
  - With the participation of
    
    Inc PHE
  - With the participation of
    
    C.S. Associates
  - With the participation of
    
    Bungei-Shunju Co.
  - Executive Producer
    
    W. Paterson Ferns
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Heus
  - Producer
    
    Nancy Button
  - Associate Producer
    
    Marianne Kushmaniuk
  - Written by
    
    Alex Gibney
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Ellis
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Boland
  - Editor
    
    Steve Weslak
  - Original Music
    
    George Blondheim
  - Sound
    
    Alison Clark