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1969 (1988)

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Overview

Director:
Ernest Thompson
Writer (WGA):
Ernest Thompson (written by)
Release Date:
18 November 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The year the country split apart and a generation came together.
Plot:
Two friends, Ralph and Scott live in a small minded town at the onset of the Vietnam war. While Scott's brother enlists... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Doesn't really capture the period... more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Downey Jr. ... Ralph Carr

Kiefer Sutherland ... Scott
Bruce Dern ... Cliff

Mariette Hartley ... Jessie

Winona Ryder ... Beth

Joanna Cassidy ... Ev
Christopher Wynne ... Alden
Keller Kuhn ... Marsha
Steve Foster ... Marshall

Mert Hatfield ... Coach Heart
Welton Tootle ... Junior Roberts
Don Devendorf ... Reverend Hardy
Dr. Robert Louis Stevenson ... Dean Bonner
Jason Summers ... Processor
Scott N. Stevens ... Hitchhiker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: When we are first shown their town, there is a yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis parked on the left side of the street facing the camera. more
Quotes:
Coach Heart: You boys aren't working at the pool this summer?
Scott: No, we're going on the road. That's what hippies do ya' know.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood Vietnam (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
All Along The Watchtower more

FAQ

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16 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Doesn't really capture the period..., 9 April 2004
5/10
Author: Jim from United States

I graduated from high-school in 1968. Guys in the neighborhood, my friends, cousin, older brother, everybody it seemed, was being drafted. I joined the Army Reserve in 1969 to dodge the draft. (I wasn't college bound at the time.)

Most everyone I knew made it back okay or didn't go to Vietnam. No one really close to me died, but I knew some that did. Some who did go to Vietnam, came back a little screwed up, some a lot. Many laughed about killing civilians or atrocities against the enemy. It alway seemed like an exaggerated, overly macho, nervous king of laugh. But it was okay, it was 'pay-back' in their minds.

I was in basic training during the walk on the moon and Woodstock in 1969. I'm glad I didn't go. I wish that some of the guys I went through basic and advanced training had not gone. I met some really great guys there (I hope they're all okay.) I still can't understand why so many volunteered.

My father was a World War II veteran with a purple heart who fought in Europe. He didn't believe in the Vietnam war and he wasn't ashamed to say so (maybe because he was a father). I watched the death counts on the 6 o'clock news with him, through my junior and senior high school years. I knew it would be over soon and I wouldn't have to be involved, but it wasn't, and it was possible that I would be.

I listened to the A.M. radio stations each night before I went to bed listening again to the death counts, and to dedications from young girls to their boyfriends and young husbands. They always played 'Soldier Boy' and 'Mister Lonely' as they read the dedications. It made you feel sick.

I've yet to see any movie that really conveys the true feelings of that time, but I do see a lot of parallels to what is going on today in the Middle East today. A lot of young guys that are being convinced of the same concepts of 'my country, right or wrong', 'love it or leave it', and of course 'pay-back'.

This movie did try. At least it made me think about making a comment. It sends a good message, but lacks the true feelings of the times, i.e., total confusion and desperation.

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