The Eighties (2016)

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Synopsis

The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, tackles 10 years shaped by exceptionalism and excess. Like its predecessors, THE EIGHTIES intersperses rare archival newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities and others, painting a perspective-rich picture of a vibrant decade. Episodes examine the age of Reagan, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the evolving TV and music scene, and everything in between.

Keywords

nostalgia, 1980s.

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Similar series

The Nineties, The Sixties, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Seventies, American Masters, American Experience, Biography, Back to the Future, Baseball, The World According to Jeff Goldblum.

Main cast

H.W. Brands

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Official trailer