Getting Straight

1970
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2h 4m

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6.3/10

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Satire Comedy Drama Romance

A Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.A Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.A Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Trivia
Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon served as the location for the film. The new campus was in the final stages of construction at the time of production. This allowed the film crew to easily simulate the occupation of offices and buildings by protesters without interfering with actual campus life. Some pyrotechnic effects were used, including one that used black powder and petroleum that blackened an exterior wall and startled the cast and crew. A technician apologized for overdoing the effect (an understatement). Many local people were involved, including a few hand-picked for stunt work.

Goofs
When Harry and Jan are eating with the Lindens, Wade sounds like he calls Jan "Candice" when he takes the salad bowl and sets it on the table.

Quotes
Dr. Edward Wilhunt: For those of you whose averages might drop considerably, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Mr. Bailey, I hear Vietnam is quite pleasant this time of year.
Harry Bailey: No, not really Dr. Wilhunt. You see, it's the rainy season. And during the rainy season, we used to get these fantastic mudslides that would wash up all these shallow graves. So if you really want to enjoy yourself, I would go in the late summertime.
Dr. Edward Wilhunt: [clearly annoyed by some laughter from the class] I'll see you in my office at eleven o'clock. See if you can make it promptly at eleven.

Crazy credits
A film by the organization

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #22.18 (2013)

Soundtracks
Getting Straight
Written by Ronald Stein (as R. Stein), Dan Peyton (as D. Peyton), Marty Kaniger (as M. Kaniger) and Caroline Arnell (as C. Arnell)
Vocals by P. K. Limited

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Featured review

Its Sheila Graham not Zelda

one of my favorite oldies.Candice had just left the University of Pennsylvania where she literally stopped traffic on campus because of her beauty (I actually saw it happen!).She never looked as good in films as she did in real life at that time.I believe that the line Eliot Gould uses when he's had enough of the professor's comments about Fitzgerald's homosexuality is that yes it could be possible that he was a homosexual but that it sure would be news to Sheila Graham (not Zelda) with whom he had an apparently scandalous affair when he was in Hollywood trying to make money.I was in college during that era and there its a fairly good representation of the way things were then and indicative of the nuttiness of that era