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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
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 274485
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- publication date
- 1989-11-09
- title
- 1969
- review score
- 50%
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Vietnam War
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Burt Bacharach
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The Pretenders
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Categories
1980s coming-of-age drama films1980s war drama films1988 American films1988 directorial debut films1988 drama films1988 English-language films1988 films1988 independent films1988 war filmsAmerican coming-of-age drama filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican war drama filmsAtlantic Entertainment Group filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language war drama filmsFilms about the United States Marine CorpsFilms directed by Ernest ThompsonFilms scored by Michael SmallFilms set in 1969Films shot in South CarolinaTemplate film date with 1 release dateVietnam War films