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1969
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ernest Thompson
Produced by	Bill Badalato Daniel Grodnik
Written by	Ernest Thompson
Starring	Robert Downey Jr. Kiefer Sutherland Winona Ryder
Music by	Michael Small
Cinematography	Jules Brenner
Editing by	William M. Anderson
Distributed by	Atlantic Releasing
Release date(s)	November 18, 1988
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

1969 is a 1988 drama film starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson. The original music score is composed by Michael Small.

Plot

In 1969, two best friends, Ralph Karr (Robert Downey Jr.) and Scott Denny (Kiefer Sutherland) live in a stuffy, upper-middle class suburban town in Maryland at the outset of the Vietnam War, and are both in college. While Scott's brother Alden enlists, he and Ralph are outspoken in their opposition to the war. Scott's attitude alienates him from his father Cliff and he and Ralph decide to spend the summer on the road, living out of their van and experiencing all the freedom the counterculture has to offer. Various events lead them back to town where they learn of the death of Alden. This event proves to be the catalyst needed to bridge the gap between father and son and enlightens them both to the true cost of the war.

Main cast

• Robert Downey Jr. as Ralph Karr
• Kiefer Sutherland as Scott Denny
• Bruce Dern as Cliff Denny
• Mariette Hartley as Jessie Denny
• Winona Ryder as Beth Karr
• Joanna Cassidy as Ev Karr

External links

• 1969 at the Internet Movie Database
• 1969 at Allmovie
• 1969 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Sample frames from the cinematographer of 1969

From Wikiquote

1969 is a 1988 film about two friends in a small conservative town at the onset of the Vietnam war.

Written and directed by Ernest Thompson.

Scott

• OK, Ralph, you know, I don't have to help you, but let me tell you something. If you flunk out and die in Vietnam, that's the end of our friendship, fuck you, you know.

• [To a hitchhiker] Hop in! We're not homosexuals or anything.

• We have naked people giving us free food!

Dialogue

Scott: I've already decided if nothing happens by the time I am 20, I'm gonna cut it off.

Ralph: How ya going to pee there Scott?

Scott: Sittin' down.

Coach Heart: You boys aren't working at the pool this summer?

Scott: No, we're going on the road. That's what hippies do ya' know.

Cast

• Robert Downey Jr. - Ralph Carr
• Kiefer Sutherland - Scott
• Bruce Dern - Cliff
• Mariette Hartley - Jessie
• Winona Ryder - Beth
• Joanna Cassidy - Ev
• Christopher Wynne - Alden
• Keller Kuhn - Marsha
• Steve Foster - Marshall
• Mert Hatfield - Coach Heart
• Welton Tootle - Junior Roberts
• Don Devendorf - Reverend Hardy
• Dr. Robert Louis Stevenson - Dean Bonner
• Jason Summers - Processor
• Scott N. Stevens - Hitchhiker

External links

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1969 (film)

• 1969 on All Experts
• 1969 quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• 1969 at Rotten Tomatoes