1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present

2019 de 89 minutes

Rating: 7.5

Plot

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.

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Cast

Haideh Daragahi

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)

Hanna Suchocka

Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)

Roger Garside

Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)

Wei Jingsheng

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

Chas Freeman

Chas Freeman

Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Jan Berris

Jan Berris

Self - Press Liaison (1979)

Eva Quistorp

Eva Quistorp

Self - Activist (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self (archive footage)

John Paul II.

John Paul II.

Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leopoldo Galtieri

Leopoldo Galtieri

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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