A Burning Desire (1997)

Film details

Featuring

Michael Ontkean David Halberstam
Countries

Canada Japan USA
Year

1997
Type

Television

Alternative titles

America in the Fifties 4: A Burning Desire Alternative

Synopsis

The fourth episode in an exploration of aspects of American life in the 1950s. Explores how, in a period of social claustrophobia and pervasive sexual taboos, a handful of individuals helped to pave the way for the sexual revolution of the following decade. In particular, looks at the publication of the Kinsey Report, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Heffner and Playboy magazine, Margaret Sanger and `Goody' Saucus and the contraceptive pill.

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