The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
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Jay Craven
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Title: The Year That Trembled (2002)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jonathan Brandis | ... | Casey Pedersen | |
| Charlie Finn | ... | Jim 'Hairball' Morton | |
| Jay R. Ferguson | ... | Isaac Hoskins | |
| Meredith Monroe | ... | Judy Woods | |
| Matt Salinger | ... | Professor Jeff Griggs | |
| Erik Jensen | ... | Todd Franklin | |
| Sascha Stanton Craven | ... | Bill Clark (as Sascha Stanton-Craven) | |
| Marin Hinkle | ... | Helen Kerrigan | |
| Fred Willard | ... | Frank Woods | |
| Sean Nelson | ... | Phil Robbins | |
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T.J. Hellmuth | ... | Carl Bumpers |
| Jay Michael Ferguson | ... | Col. Mike Newman | |
| Jonathan M. Woodward | ... | Charlie Kerrigan | |
| Henry Gibson | ... | Ralph Tyler | |
| Martin Mull | ... | Wayne Simonelli | |
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The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
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watching television | letter writing | fbi federal bureau of investigation | lottery | coming of age |Taglines:
In a time of war and chaos, they found each other. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language and some drug useParents Guide:
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22 March 2002 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Evans Printing Co., Gamekeepers Taverns, Lodges and Inns, Novel City Pictures See more »
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This movie was filmed in my hometown. Well, some of it was. During the filming, the town was in very high spirits -- a movie, on our streets! Hell, even I was happy, cynical as I may be. Jonathan Brandis? Yes, please.
About two months ago, I finally found a VHS copy at the local library. And I watched it. And it went on. And on. And on. And on.
The film has a semi-decent beginning, but the constant usage of "flashbacks" (which in this case are long, dreary segments of stock footage circa 1970) made me want to take a long nap. The acting isn't spectacular, but it's okay. Brandis in particular did pretty well.
The dialogue is very cheesy at times. The plot is somewhat hard to follow, with characters you simply don't care about and begin to hate halfway through for getting a movie to their boring selves.
It's sad when the only thing I got from it was "oh, look! That.. that street I played on when I was ten!" It's just an incredibly tedious experience. The settings are drab, the cinematography is boring, the story is sleep-inducing, the characters are .. uh, I don't know. I need another adjective.
Watch something else. Unless below mediocre boring stuff is your cup of tea.