Add your email and we'll match picks to the services you stream at home.

Town Bloody Hall

Name: Town Bloody Hall
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1979-04-03
Cast: Norman Mailer, Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Diane Trilling

1979 | 88 min | Documentary

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for anyone who likes learning something new. New York is practically a character here.
The mood: Eye-opening.
The pace: Moves through the story clearly, at 1 hr 28 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off: Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.

On the evening of April 30, 1971, a standing room only audience of local literati and feminists packed New York City’s Town Hall to watch Norman Mailer, who had just written “The Prisoner of Sex,” grapple with a panel of passionate feminists. The subject was Women’s Liberation, an issue on which Mailer seemed like the devil’s own advocate.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year

More like this

Want more like this, picked just for you? Get my picks

Cast & crew

Directed by Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker

Norman MailerHimself
Jacqueline CeballosHerself
Germaine GreerHerself
Jill JohnstonHerself
Diane TrillingHerself
Susan SontagHerself (uncredited)
Betty FriedanHerself (uncredited)
Elizabeth HardwickHerself (uncredited)
Cynthia OzickHerself (uncredited)
Anatole BroyardSelf (uncredited)