Breakdown: 1975
2025-12-18In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

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

Narrator (voice)
Jodie Foster

Self
Albert Brooks

Self
Ellen Burstyn

Self
Frank Rich

Self
Martin Scorsese

Self
Josh Brolin

Self
Oliver Stone
Self
James Risen
Self
James Wolcott
Self
Jefferson Cowie

Self
Bill Gates

Self
Joan Tewkesbury

Self
Kurt Andersen

Self
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Self
Seth Rogen

Self
Wesley Morris
Self
Naomi Fry

Self
Patton Oswalt

Self
Peter Bart
Self
Peter Biskind

Self
Rick Perlstein
Self
Sam Wasson
Self
Todd Boyd

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

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

Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
Johnny Carson
Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)
Kathy Carter

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
John Chancellor

Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)
Frank Church
Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)
Sue Connor
Self - Anti-War Activist & Venture Capitalist (archive footage)
Rennie Davis
Self - Founder, EST (archive footage)
Werner Erhard

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

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

Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Self - ABC News Reporter (archive footage
Ken Kashiwahara

Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage)
Ted Kennedy

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

Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Dan Rather

Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan

Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage)
Geraldo Rivera
Self - Chairman, Municipal Assistance Corporation (archive footage)
Felix Rohatyn

Self - Producer, Hearts and Minds (archive footage)
Bert Schneider
Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
Howard K. Smith

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

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

Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg

Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson

Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)
Roman Polanski

Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
Sidney Lumet

Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
Charles Bronson

Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor

Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Al Pacino

Travis Bickle (archive footage)
Robert De Niro

(archive footage)
Gene Hackman

Self (archive footage)
Betty Ford