---
title: 'Medium Cool (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Haskell Wexler'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/medium-cool-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064652/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Medium Cool (1969)

1969 · 111 min · Documentary, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968. It was notable for Wexler's use of cinéma vérité–style documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and non-fictional content.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Screenplay:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Producer:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler), [Jerrold Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerrold-wexler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mike Bloomfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-bloomfield)
- **Editor:** [Verna Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-fields)

## Cast

- [Robert Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-forster)
- [Marianna Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianna-hill)
- [Verna Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-bloom)
- [Peter Bonerz](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bonerz)
- [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle)

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