Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s

Name: Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-01-13
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 5

5.0 (3)2013-01-131h 39m

Documentary

Overview

'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.