Red Hollywood

1996 1h 54m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 13

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Synopsis

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A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically different perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Billy Woodberry
Narrator (voice)
Eric Johnston
Himself - President, Motion Picture Association of America (archive footage)
John Howard Lawson
Himself (archive footage)
Paul Jarrico
Self
Ring Lardner Jr.
Self
Alfred Lewis Levitt
Self
Abraham Polonsky
Self
Ayn Rand
Self (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thom Andersen
Writers: Thom Andersen, Noël Burch
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Billy Woodberry and Eric Johnston and John Howard Lawson carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0332344 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Thom Andersen directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Billy Woodberry and Eric Johnston and John Howard Lawson carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0332344 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Red Hollywood (1996)

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laurielanno2026-09-13
I don't log classic Hollywood documentaries in my Letterboxd diary but I want to mention here that I saw the documentary Red Hollywood on the big screen at the Filmoteca on the 19th of April, which was a nice viewing experience. The documentary was introduced by one of the directors present, Noël Burch, who spoke in French which the interpreter translated into Catalan. Since I don't understand much of French nor Catalan, most of the introduction was lost on me. I didn't find the documentary that well structured, it is pretty incoherent, but I did like all the movie clips and there were plenty of those. To name a few films where they had taken scenes from: Marked Woman, Song of Russia, The General Died At Dawn, Blockade, Body and Soul, The Pride of the Marines, He Ran All the Way (haven't seen it yet but they showed the ending and it was a major spoiler!), Johnny Guitar, et cetera. Watched 19.04.2018 (FILMOTECA, BARCELONA)