The Race to Save 100 Years (1997)
57 min
As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints. This film stresses the importance of saving these and more recent films as cultural documents that have become part of our shared history. It also takes the viewer through the painstaking process of film restoration, and highlights some of the organizations and individuals who are spear-heading this movement.
- Release date
- October 17, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Peter Brooks as Self
- Peter Brooks as Narrator
- Mary Lea Bandy as Self
- James H. Billington as Self
- Kevin Brownlow as Self
- Ned Price as Self
- Robert Rosen as Self
- Martin Scorsese as Self
- Ted Turner as Self
Crew
- Scott Benson · Director
- Mary Adair Kaiser · Writer
- John de Groot · Writer
- Mary Adair Kaiser · Producer
- Joseph Montgomery · Cinematographer
- John Simmons · Cinematographer
- John de Groot · Editor