The Race to Save 100 Years (1997)
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.
Director: Scott Benson
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Peter Brooks as Self / Narrator |
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Martin Scorsese as Self |
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Ted Turner as Self |
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Mary Lea Bandy as Self |
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James H. Billington as Self |
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Kevin Brownlow as Self |
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Ned Price as Self |
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Robert Rosen as Self |
| Directing | Scott Benson | Director |
| Writing | John de Groot | Writer |
| Writing | Mary Adair Kaiser | Writer |
| Production | Mary Adair Kaiser | Producer |
| Camera | Joseph Montgomery | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John Simmons | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John de Groot | Editor |