While Warner Bros. competed with television in the 1950s with wide-screen spectacles and well-regarded animation shorts, Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock continued the earlier Warner trademark of gritty realism and social commentary as something unavailable from other movie studios or television.
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This five hour film was first shown over three consecutive nights and is broken into five parts - "You Aint' Heard Nothin' Yet (1923-1935)," "Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950)," "A New Reality (1950-1970)," "Woodstock Notions (1970-1989)," and "The Big Tent (1980-Present)." The production features the comments of scores of well-known actors, directors, producers, film historians, and critics - both via current and archival clips.
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Martin Scorsese (director): There's something about the Warner films in the 30s, especially the pre-Code films. They were ferocious. They were no-holds-barred.
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