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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Overview

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
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Godfrey Reggio profile
Godfrey Reggio

Director

Ron Fricke profile
Ron Fricke

Screenplay

Cast

Ed Asner profile
Ed Asner

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Benatar profile
Pat Benatar

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Brown profile
Jerry Brown

Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)

Johnny Carson profile
Johnny Carson

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Cavett profile
Dick Cavett

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Chambers profile
Marilyn Chambers

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr. profile
Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lou Dobbs profile
Lou Dobbs

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thomas Dolby profile
Thomas Dolby

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Linda Ellerbee profile
Linda Ellerbee

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Falwell profile
Jerry Falwell

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mark J. Goodman profile
Mark J. Goodman

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ed Asner profile
Ed Asner

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Benatar profile
Pat Benatar

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Brown profile
Jerry Brown

Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)

Johnny Carson profile
Johnny Carson

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Cavett profile
Dick Cavett

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Chambers profile
Marilyn Chambers

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr. profile
Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lou Dobbs profile
Lou Dobbs

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thomas Dolby profile
Thomas Dolby

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Linda Ellerbee profile
Linda Ellerbee

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Falwell profile
Jerry Falwell

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mark J. Goodman profile
Mark J. Goodman

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

April 27, 1983

Original Language

No Language

Budget

$600,000.00

Production Company

IRE Productions logoSanta Fe Institute for Regional Education logoAmerican Zoetrope logo

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Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

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