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Summary
Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United States.
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- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Public viewing safe
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+10)
Critics 84Audiences 74GoodWatch 78
Tomatometer87%
Metascore81
User score7.8
IMDb7.2
Audience score72%
Running time
4 h 4 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +148 min on the typical 96
typical 96244Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 125 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+115Released
2013
November 8, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Directing · 1
- Frederick Wiseman Director, Producer, Editor, Sound
Production · 2
- Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producer
- Barbara Schölnberger Researcher
Camera · 2
- John Davey Director of Photography
- Jim Bishop Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Gilles Granier Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Nathalie Vignéres Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Robert Todd Assistant Sound Editor
- Emmanuel Croset Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Christina Hunt Assistant Sound Editor
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