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The Cool School

Arthouse Films | Release Date: March 28, 2008

Summary: The Cool School is the story of American art in the 1950s and '60s, LA's coming of age, and a distinctive, fraternal group of headstrong talents. The renowned Ferus Art Gallery groomed certain members of the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often-brilliant artists. What was lost and gained is tied up in complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. The Cool School is about San Francisco versus LA, New York versus LA, commercialism, and bohemianism. Ferus managed to do for art in LA what the museums would not; the gallery gave birth to a vibrant, coalescing scene. Assemblage art, abstract expressionism, or Pop--the men of Ferus shared ideas, goals, studios, women, and a vision. The Cool School is an extraordinary lesson in how a city can build an art scene from scratch without losing its soul. (Tremolo Productions)

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Runtime:	86 min
Production:	Tremolo Productions
Genres:	Documentary
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Jul 29, 2008

Director	Credit
Morgan Neville	Director

Writer	Credit
Kristine Mckenna	Writer
Morgan Neville	Writer

Cast	Credit
Billy Al Bengston	Himself
Charles Brittin	Himself
Donald Factor	Himself
Edmond Bereal	Himself
Elyse Grinstein	Herself
Eve Babitz	Herself
Frank O. Gehry	Himself
Hal Glicksman	Himself
Irving Blum	Himself
Jeff Bridges	Himself - Narrator
John Baldessari	Himself
Larry Bell	Himself
Peter Goulds	Himself
Sonia Gechtoff	Herself
William Claxton	Himself

Producer	Credit
Brenna Sanchez	Supervising Producer
Cedd Moses	Executive Producer
David Davis	Executive Producer: OPB
Dylan Robertson	Co-Producer
Kristine Mckenna	Producer
Lois Chiles	Co-Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer	Executive Producer: OPB
Stephanie J. Henderson	Associate Producer
Terry Chatkupt	Associate Producer