Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975

Breakdown: 1975 (2025)

2025-12-18

(US) •

Documentary

6.4/10

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Overview

In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

Movie Cast

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Jodie Foster

Narrator (voice)

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Albert Brooks

Self

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Ellen Burstyn

Self

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Frank Rich

Self

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Martin Scorsese

Self

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Josh Brolin

Self

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Oliver Stone

Self

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James Risen

Self

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James Wolcott

Self

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Jefferson Cowie

Self

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Bill Gates

Self

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Joan Tewkesbury

Self

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Kurt Andersen

Self

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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Self

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Seth Rogen

Self

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Wesley Morris

Self

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Naomi Fry

Self

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Patton Oswalt

Self

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Peter Bart

Self

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Peter Biskind

Self

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Rick Perlstein

Self

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Sam Wasson

Self

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Todd Boyd

Self

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Robert Altman

Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)

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David Brinkley

Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

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Johnny Carson

Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)

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Kathy Carter

Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)

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John Chancellor

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

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Frank Church

Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)

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Sue Connor

Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)

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Rennie Davis

Self - Anti-War Activist & Venture Capitalist (archive footage)

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Werner Erhard

Self - Founder, EST (archive footage)

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Gerald Ford

Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage)

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Lynette Fromme

Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage)

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Bob Hope

Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)

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Ken Kashiwahara

Self - ABC News Reporter (archive footage

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Ted Kennedy

Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage)

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Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

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Dan Rather

Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)

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Ronald Reagan

Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage)

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Geraldo Rivera

Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage)

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Felix Rohatyn

Self - Chairman, Municipal Assistance Corporation (archive footage)

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Bert Schneider

Self - Producer, Hearts and Minds (archive footage)

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Howard K. Smith

Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)

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Mario Van Peebles

Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage)

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Sylvester Stallone

Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)

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Steven Spielberg

Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage)

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Jack Nicholson

Self (archive footage)

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Roman Polanski

Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)

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Sidney Lumet

Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)

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Charles Bronson

Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)

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Richard Pryor

Self (archive footage)

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Al Pacino

Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)

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Robert De Niro

Travis Bickle (archive footage)

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Gene Hackman

(archive footage)

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Betty Ford

Self (archive footage)