Smiling Through the Apocalypse
'Smiling Through the Apocalypse' chronicles a man whose editorial instincts produced one of the greatest magazines ever: Harold Hayes, the swinging editor and cultural provocateur of the iconic Esquire Magazine of the Sixties. Through the narrative of his son Tom, a journey ensues opening unprecedented access to some of the Esquire magazine's most compelling talents, from Nora Ephron to George Lois, and Tom Wolfe to Gore Vidal. The film is a story of risk, triumph, and challenge told by the people that helped make the magazine great, and a son who only come to understand his father's editorial greatness 23 years after his passing.
Genres: Documentary , Biography , History
Actors: Peter Bogdanovich , Hugh Hefner , Gore Vidal , Nora Ephron , Gay Talese , Tom Wolfe
Director: Tom Hayes
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Quality: SD
Release: 2013
IMDb: 6.2