Getting Straight
Getting Straight

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Harry Bailey has returned from Vietnam and returns to college to earn his masters degree so he can teach English. He is considered a hero among the radical student body, but still sees the absurdity on both sides of the fence. He contends with the reactionary administration and the impetuous, often futile objectives of the restless students. He acts as a mediator between the two feuding bodies. On top of everything else, his girlfriend Jan wants to marry him and live a life i... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Getting Straight:

Elliott Gould
Candice Bergen
Robert F. Lyons
Cecil Kellaway
Jeff Corey
Max Julien

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Harry Bailey has returned from Vietnam and returns to college to earn his masters degree so he can teach English. He is considered a hero among the radical student body, but still sees the absurdity on both sides of the fence. He contends with the reactionary administration and the impetuous, often futile objectives of the restless students. He acts as a mediator between the two feuding bodies. On top of everything else, his girlfriend Jan wants to marry him and live a life in the suburbs. He is cornered and finally lets loose at his own masters degree dissertation meeting, just as the latest protest heats up.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzIt's an irritating and shallow film that sends the wrong message on college protests and proves Hollywood has little understanding of the counter-culture movement.
The Spectator - 8/10 by Penelope HoustonA comedy so confused about having its campus cake and eating it that it emerges with some sticky mouthfuls liberally smeared over its face.
The A.V. Club - 7/10 by Nathan RabinRush undercuts the subgenre's innate didacticism with a light touch and a playful, assured visual style; he never lets audiences forget there's a surplus of authorial intelligence behind the camera. Gould is in a unique position to see the weaknesses of the stodgy academic establishment and the confused counterculture alike, but as it enters its third act, the film grows less ambiguous and more heavy-handed.
Apollo Guide - 7/10 by Jamie GilliesSadly, despite its radical themes and caricatures, there is nary an ounce of subversiveness at this film's heart.
Kansas City Kansan - 6/10 by Steve CrumGeneration (hippie era) comedy-drama, very dated
EmanuelLevy.Com - 6/10 by Emanuel LevyOne of the few Hollywood films to deal with the students revolution, Richard Rush's Getting Straight, starring Elliott Gould, confuses broader political issues with sexual politics and getting laid
The New York Times - 5/10 by Roger GreenspunA brilliant, mercurial performance by Elliott Gould steadies and vivifies but cannot save Getting Straight. Even with such sideline brilliance as the sad-funny performance of young Robert F. Lyons almost matching Gould's, the picture ends as a cop-out of its own professed principles and initial honesty.
Chicago Reader - 5/10 by Dave KehrElliott Gould as a conscience-stricken graduate student in a radical chic exercise that seemed hilariously dated even at the moment it came out (1970).
User Review - 8/10 by Eric BAn interesting period piece that could have been called 'The Graduate (Student)' about a Vietnam War vet and former radical returning to school to get his teaching certificate and Masters in English literature. As campus protests heat up, he keeps getting distracted by the demands of his former radical friends, the mixed signals of his girlfriend, and his own complicated feelings about dropping out of the revolution. One of those movies that you have to be interested in the time period (and possess particularly liberal politics) to accept. Which I do. So I loved it. Gould gives an alternately subdued, complex and finally batshit insane performance; Bergen is completely convincing as the female equivalent, half in love with the revolution, and half desirous of escaping and moving to the suburbs. The final explosion at Gould's Masters oral exam is absolutely perfect and captures the feelings of anyone who has spent enough time in academe to realize how soul-sucking it can be. Also watch for a young Harrison Ford in a small part.
User Review - 6/10 by Marc DElliott Gould gives a wonderful performance as Harry Bailey, a conflicted grad student, in this 2-hour drama directed by Richard Rush. I could definitely relate to Bailey's dilemma - where he's trying to join the system because he needs to make a living, but every cell in his body opposes it. Elliott Gould is really funny in this movie too. Plus you get to see a young Candice Bergen, a young Harrison Ford, and last but not least: Max 'The Mack' Julien as a student activist. RECOMMENDED.

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