
Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s

'Smiling Through the Apocalypse' chronicles a man whose editorial instincts produced one of the greatest magazines ever: Harold Hayes, the swinging editor and cultural provocateur of the iconic Esquire Magazine of the Sixties. Through the narrative of his son Tom, a journey ensues opening unprecedented access to some of the Esquire magazine's most compelling talents, from Nora Ephron to George Lois, and Tom Wolfe to Gore Vidal. The film is a story of risk, triumph, and challenge told by the people that helped make the magazine great, and a son who only come to understand his father's editorial greatness 23 years after his passing.
Genre: History, Documentary, Biography
Actor: Peter Bogdanovich, Nora Ephron, Hugh Hefner, Gay Talese, Gore Vidal, Tom Wolfe
Director: Tom Hayes
Country: USA
Runtime: 99
Release: 2013
Rating: 5 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 273
Content Rating:Not Rated
Quality: DVD