Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
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Title: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)
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Bruce MacDonald | ... | Mike |
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Maggie Renzi | ... | Katie |
| Adam LeFevre | ... | J.T. | |
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Maggie Cousineau | ... | Frances |
| Gordon Clapp | ... | Chip | |
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Jean Passanante | ... | Irene |
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Karen Trott | ... | Maura |
| Mark Arnott | ... | Jeff | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Ron | |
| John Sayles | ... | Howie | |
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Marisa Smith | ... | Carol |
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Amy Schewel | ... | Lacey |
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Carolyn Brooks | ... | Meg |
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Eric Forsythe | ... | Captain |
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The Secaucus 7 of the film's title are seven friends who, during their college days, were arrested in New Jersey on their way to a protest in Washington. The film takes place ten years after all that, as the friends gather at the home of Mike and Katie, now schoolteachers in New Hampshire, bringing with them old problems and new: Maura has left Jeff and seeks consolation with his best friend, J.T.; J.T., arguably the least successful of the friends, finally gets the courage to move to Los Angeles to start a career as a songwriter; Irene brings her new boyfriend along, hoping he'll like and be liked by her friends and expecting them to challenge him for his more-conservative politics; and more. This is the film that inspired "The Big Chill." Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
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5 September 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Chip Hollister: [to Mike and J. T] They think we shot the deer.
[rolls his eyes]
J.T.: How do you know it was shot, Mr. Hollister? No one said anything about a shooting.
Mike Donnelly: It might've been knifed.
J.T.: Or bludgeoned to death.
Mike Donnelly: Or strangled with a silk stocking.
J.T.: Or slowly poisoned.
Mike Donnelly: You blew it, mister. You should've clammed up.
J.T.: You're taking the fall, kid.
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© 1979 Sweet Melodies Publishing
Written by Adam LeFevre
Performed by Adam LeFevre (uncredited), Cora Bennett (uncredited) and Steven Zaitz (uncredited)
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This film had no art director or [production] designer according to the film's DVD interview with Maggie Renzi. See more »Goofs
Camera shadow on the ground during the basketball game when JT falls down. See more »Quotes
Chip Hollister: [to a police officer] Look, we didn't shoot the deer. We don't even have a gun!Chip Hollister: [to Mike and J. T] They think we shot the deer.
[rolls his eyes]
J.T.: How do you know it was shot, Mr. Hollister? No one said anything about a shooting.
Mike Donnelly: It might've been knifed.
J.T.: Or bludgeoned to death.
Mike Donnelly: Or strangled with a silk stocking.
J.T.: Or slowly poisoned.
Mike Donnelly: You blew it, mister. You should've clammed up.
J.T.: You're taking the fall, kid.
[...]
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Mean to Me© 1979 Sweet Melodies Publishing
Written by Adam LeFevre
Performed by Adam LeFevre (uncredited), Cora Bennett (uncredited) and Steven Zaitz (uncredited)
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