Film

Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s

Name: Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-01-13

2013 · 1h 39m · Documentary

IMDb: 6.5
Metacritic: 65

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Overview

'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.