Is Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s on Prime Essentials UK?

Name: Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s
Director: Tom Hayes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Rating: 5
Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Nora Ephron, Hugh Hefner

Yes, Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s (2013) is currently available to stream on Prime Essentials UK.

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Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s(2013)

Documentary

1h 39m

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5/10IMDb

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Synopsis

'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.