The Movies (miniseries)

The Movies is a documentary miniseries that premiered on CNN on July 7, 2019. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the six-part series chronicles the cinema of the United States, ranging from the "Golden Age of Hollywood" to the present day. It is a spin-off of Hanks and Goetzman's retrospective miniseries for CNN (including The Sixties and its sequels).

The Movies
GenreTelevision documentary
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersTom Hanks
Gary Goetzman
Mark Herzog
Running time120 minutes
Production companiesPlaytone
Herzog & Company
HBO
Release
Original networkCNN
Picture formatHDTV
Original releaseJuly 7 (2019-07-07) –
August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18)
Chronology
Preceded byThe 2000s

Production

Owing to the costs incurred with licensing the required film footage, episodes on cinema were not included in past Hanks/Goetzman miniseries projects such as The Sixties.[1] In an interview with Deadline Hollywood, Goetzman remarked that "it cost a fortune, and some is fair use, depending on how you guys talk about it, and some isn't, but within it, it's an insane undertaking because the licensing is a very tricky business in this type of thing, and you know, you set out thinking, hey, this is going to be great, right? And then you realize you have approvals, you know, beyond belief with estates in a lot of the situations, too."[2]

He went on to explain that the episodes, in their opinion, would present a "pretty good outline of what those decades are", and that they had managed to obtain every interview they had aimed to include—including John Singleton prior to his death in April 2019,[3] as well as Martin Scorsese and Robert Redford almost immediately before a production deadline.[2] Herzog explained that "most directors like Singleton are really historians of film, and they know film, they know the impact of films, they study it, and so it was like talking to historians, all of them."[2]

Owing to their complementary nature, Variety stated that CNN planned to incorporate The Movies' respective episodes into its marathons of past Hanks/Goetzman miniseries in the future.[1]

The episode "The Sixties" was intended to air on August 4, but was delayed for coverage of mass shootings which had occurred that day in El Paso and Dayton.

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
1"The Eighties"July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07)0.994[4]
2"The Nineties"July 14, 2019 (2019-07-14)0.528[5]
3"The 2000s"July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)0.556[6]
4"The Seventies"July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)0.399[7]
5"The Sixties"August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)0.754[8]
6"The Golden Age"August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18)0.723[9]
The Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s.

List of films represented

Each episode section below lists the film clips from the decade that are featured in that episode.

Episode 1: The Eighties

Episode 2: The Nineties

Episode 3: The 2000s

Episode 4: The Seventies

Episode 5: The Sixties

Episode 6: The Golden Age

References
  1. Littleton, Cynthia (2019-03-15). "CNN Original Series Ride News Tide to Multiplatform Success". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Hammond, Pete (2019-07-02). "CNN Launches 'The Movies', A Cinephile's Dream Look At Film And Its Impact Over The Decades". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  3. Littleton, Cynthia (2019-04-29). "'Boyz n the Hood' Director John Singleton Dies at 51". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  4. Katz, A.J. (July 10, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 7". Adweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. Katz, A.J. (July 16, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 14". Adweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. Katz, A.J. (July 23, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 21". Adweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  7. Katz, A.J. (July 30, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 28". Adweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  8. Katz, A.J. (August 13, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, August 11". Adweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  9. Katz, A.J. (August 20, 2019). "Scoreboard: Sunday, August 18". Adweek. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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