Getting Straight

– Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, bu..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 4 Minutes
Release Year:
1970
Getting Straight (1970)

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.

Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

13 May 1970

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Richard Rush

Writer:

Robert Kaufman, Ken Kolb (novel)

Main Actors:

Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Robert F. Lyons, Jeff Corey

Plot:

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.

Production:

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
Metacritic:
58%