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5.6Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual mother, Ev. When tragic news arrives from overseas, the entire town, inspired by Ralph and Scott's antiwar efforts, reevaluates its attitude toward the war.
Released: 1988-08-1895 minDir: Ernest ThompsonDrama, War, RomanceBox office: $6.0M
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Ralph Carr
- Kiefer Sutherland as Scott Clifton Denny
- Bruce Dern as Cliff Denny
- Mariette Hartley as Jessie Denny
- Winona Ryder as Beth Carr
- Joanna Cassidy as Ev Carr
Themes
- small town
- vietnam
- graduation
- 1960s
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
4,130 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- United States Marine Corps
- Director
- Ernest Thompson
- Screenwriter
- Ernest Thompson
- Cast member
- Richard Young
- Composer
- Michael Small
- Filming location
- South Carolina
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 274485
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-11-09
- film editor
- William M. Anderson
- title
- 1969
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 50%
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