1969

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Summary: Classic 80's movie cliche's, set in the year 1969.
Review: 1969 is a great timepiece.
The movie came out in theatres in November of 1988.
As was also reviewed on VH1's "I Love The 80's - 1988", there was a late 60's, early 70's "Hippie Revival" that started in 1988 and continued into 1989. Tye Dye shirts, "drug rug" ponchos, and "hacky sack", were the style. The Grateful Dead hit the top 10 at the end of 1987 w/ "Touch Of Grey", from "In The Dark". One of the top CD's being sold off of TV was the late 60's, early 70's compilation CD, "Freedom Rock", which featured 2 hippies in the back of a van screaming "Turn It Up Man". So as this "Hippie Revival" hit pop culture, of course Hollywood had to latch on. "1969" was that movie. Entertaining, but don't expect anything too heavyweight. It was clearly a classic 80's teen movie, filled w/ all the classic 80's teen movie cliche's of romance and coming of age. It's simply set in the year 1969. Classic 80's "teen" stars, Ryder, Downey Jr., and Southerland star. Again, its a classic 80's film in every way, just set in the year 1969. The soundtrack is awesome and adds to the enjoyment of the film. You can get the soundtrack on Amazon as well. For anyone that got caught up in that whole "Hippie Revival" of 1988-89', as recently brought up on VH1's "I Love The 80's - 1988",
this movie is worth the watch.

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Summary: A Very Good 80's Film About the 60's.
Review: I can easily recommend this movie over something like the 60's, simply because it gives a more honest portrayal of life back then as opposed to what's been offered in so many other reproductions about those turbulent times.
There is a genuine chemistry between Keifer Sutherland and Robert Downey, Jr. as they play best friends Ralph and Scott, two young 19 year-old college kids who just want to go to school, drift around, and experiment with the burgeoning counterculture. It's easy to believe they were friends as much off the screen as on, and it lends to the story's credibility.

Wynona Ryder plays Ralph's younger sister Beth, sweet, innocent, and inquisitive about the everchanging world outside the small conservative New England town the story mostly takes place in.
Ralph and Beth's mother, played very commendably by Joanna Cassidy, is an attractive, hip, drunken widow who is having an affair with Cliff, Scott's father. He's as uptight as she is loose, and as hard as Scott's mother Jesse (Mariette Hartley) is warm.
Older brother Alden is called to serve in Vietnam, and Scott self-righteously picks a fight with him about how it's not his war. One of the most touching scenes is watching Jessie shouting "don't die!" as Alden takes the bus toward his appointed duty. This also sets the pace for more anger and confrontations in two already very dysfunctional families, and the overall unrest of the changing times doesn't help matters. The movie is full of funny moments and tragedy but, mostly, you really feel like you were there as it all unfolds and a naive little town finally wakes up to the world around it.
It isn't just Scott, Ralph, and Beth who grow up in this story, but also their parents as they come to terms with both familial and relationship deaths.
I don't want to give a lot away if you haven't seen this one, but I enjoyed it immensely and couldn't recommend it enough. There's also a great soundtrack to accompany this superb movie that's as full of atmosphere as it is stellar actors. It will both make you laugh and think quite a bit. Don't wait a minute longer to experience the year and the movie 1969.

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Summary: GOOD
Review: I thought this movie was good, we watched it in History class and we had to write a paper on the sim's and Diff. of the movie and real life at the time. You have to get this movie its really good!

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Summary: Ahhhh I remember these years
Review: Just loved it. I am a huge Kiefer Sutherland fan, also a fan of Robert Downey, Jr. A poignant movie with a message that I remember so well regardless of my age at the time. Rent it, buy it, it's been on cable. Just see it.

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Summary: Ahhhh I remember these years
Review: Just loved it. I am a huge Kiefer Sutherland fan, also a fan of Robert Downey, Jr. A poignant movie with a message that I remember so well regardless of my age at the time. Rent it, buy it, it's been on cable. Just see it.

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Summary: 1969- A Time Capsule
Review: Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Winona Ryder, Mariette Hartley star in a movie about the Music, The Anger(Remember Riots & Revolution in the streets), and The Innocence of a generation who believed they could change the world!At the end of the 1960s, Scott and Ralph, two college kids from a stuffy, upper-middle class suburban town, decide to spend the summer on the road, living out of their van and experiencing all the freedom the counterculture(Hippie)has to offer. Family conflicts and the harsh realities of the war in Vietnam, however, interfere with their idyll. Scott's older brother, who Scott self-rightously criticized for going to war, is reported missing in action and then comes home in a casket. Then Ralph is arrested for stealing his file from the draft board to avoid duty. Before their "last summer of innocence" is over, Scott and Ralph learn that there's more to being radicals than just drop out and tuning in.If you were there or wish you had been 1969 is the movie for you!96 minutes, Rated R

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Summary: Great Movie, Great Cast...Real Life Issues in 1969.
Review: There are so many good things about this movie...it's one that deserves a second look. The small town, with all the "characters" that live in it. The innocence about what was happening at this time in history. The two families trying to deal with the draft.

The soundtrack is excellent. The storyline holds your interest. The characters are real.

What more can I say?

Rating:
Summary: Great Movie, Great Cast...Real Life Issues in 1969.
Review: There are so many good things about this movie...it's one that deserves a second look. The small town, with all the "characters" that live in it. The innocence about what was happening at this time in history. The two families trying to deal with the draft.

The soundtrack is excellent. The storyline holds your interest. The characters are real.

What more can I say?