Young Americans (1967 film)

Young Americans is an American documentary from the year 1967.

Action

The Young Americans is an entity created in 1962 by Milton C. Anderson vocal and dance group. In California, Anderson chose 36 young talents who have the consent of their parents to participate in the event of their selection. Anderson had to choose among hundreds of applicants, participants.

One of the rejected applicants is Judy Thomas. Anderson encourages them to take dance lessons. Meanwhile, the participants undergo hard and extensive samples and exercises. When their bus trips and in their homes there is between the young people to romances.

In addition to performances in major cities, the young people also occur in a prison in Menard, Illinois. The Algonquin Hotel in New York, she, dressed up and imitate show sizes. In Washington, Judy Thomas joins the group. She has not only taken dance lessons, she has also written a song for the group. It lets the song The Road Ahead perform on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. The group accepted Judy. The next performance will take place in Europe.

Criticism

Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times, although the film is a documentary that was recorded during a tour, the Most had so carefully staged, as if it had been shot in a studio. However, though the film for anyone who has an interest in American fairy tale, a must.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ) was the footage will mixed in a sympathetic story.

Awards

In 1969 the film was nominated in the category Best Documentary Oscar. It was first presented as the winner, but on a technicality (the movie was shown in 1967 in a small preview ) had a producer and director Grasshoff his Oscar statue back. The film Journey Into Self was instead chosen as the winner.

Background

The premiere of the film took place in October 1967.