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Director:
Stuart Hagmann
Writers:
James Kunen (novel)
Israel Horovitz (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 June 1970 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Their dream was to go to college.
Plot:
Simon is a student at a college in San Francisco. He is content to be on the rowing team and remain as just a casual observer to the on-campus unrest... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A dated movie which still stirs us deeply more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Davison ... Simon

Kim Darby ... Linda

Bud Cort ... Elliot - Coxswain
Murray MacLeod ... George
Tom Foral ... Coach
Bob Balaban ... Elliot - Organizer
Michael Margotta ... Swatch
Israel Horovitz ... Dr. Benton
James Kunen ... Chairman
Jeannie Berlin ... Girl with clipboard
Carol Bagdasarian ... Girl on telephone
Jon Hill ... Student
Jess Walton ... Student

Andrew Parks ... Student
Kristin Van Buren ... Girl in Filing Room
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:18 | Spain:18 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | West Germany:12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was originally to be shot on Columbia University's campus. However, Columbia withdrew their offer and the crew moved to Berkeley instead. The book had not gained notoriety yet and Berkeley was more or less in the dark about the content of the film and what events the director would be staging on the campus. This explains the tongue-in-cheek scrolling "thank-you-to-Berkeley" title card scrolling in the opening of the film. more
Quotes:
Girl in Filing Room: [after exposing her breasts to Simon] Did you know Lenin loved women with big breasts? more
Movie Connections:
References The Graduate (1967) more
Soundtrack:
Our House more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
A dated movie which still stirs us deeply, 29 January 2008
Author: dbdumonteil

Those were the days.1968 had happened and the times they were changing.

A girl: "why didn't we protest before?

another girl: "we did not know."

"That time long ago when we thought our youth was eternal and the rebels were fighting in the mountains "

The story of a twenty-year old young man who worked hard to go to college and then discovers that the world he wants to get into is worthless.Like in the magnificent Joni Mitchell song (sung by Indian singer (and activist) Buffy Sainte -Marie which opens and closes the movie),Simon is "captive on the carousel of time ,where the little horses go up and down".His tiny apartment is a time capsule: the "2001:a space odyssey" soundtrack, a photograph of Robert Kennedy,and Neil Young's "down by the river" .

"The strawberry statement" could be subtitled "lost illusions ";the incident in the park was a real eye-opener;it's the failure of non-violence;that the "hero" should be "rewarded" for having been beaten up by the cops -whereas he was assaulted by one of his mates in the showers- clearly indicates that it's no use singing "give peace a chance" For those who lived through those troubled times and who did not realize they were "helpless" (like Neil Young sings in his classic also included in the soundtrack),"the strawberry statement" will remind them of that time when we could imagine that we were a brother hood of men and that strikes and songs and demonstrations could save the world.

Like this? try these....

"Alice's restaurant" by Arthur Penn

"Harold and Maud" by Hal Ashby(also featuring Bud Cort)

"Taking off" by Milos Forman

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