The Harrad Experiment 1973  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Post
Cast: James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Don Johnson, Bruno Kirby, Laurie Walters, Victoria Thompson, Elliott Street, Robert Middleton, Sharon Taggart, Billy Sands
Philip and Margaret Tenhausen (James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren) run Harrad College, which has a policy of sexual freedom. A very 1970s' film that is followed the next year by "Harrad Summer."
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The Last Picture Show 1971  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Bill Thurman, Sam Bottoms, Noble Willingham, Joe Heathcock, Jessie Lee Fulton, Sharon Taggart
In the small town of Anarene, Texas, during the 1950s, high-school football players Sonny and Duane (Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges) are best friends. The boys hang out at the local pool hall owned by Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson) who also owns the town's old movie house. There isn't much going in their world. Both boys are enamored with their beautiful fellow student Jacy (Cybill Shepherd in her first film), and Duane begins dating her. As graduation approaches, Duane enlists to serve in the Korean War, and Sonny continues his fling with Coach Popper's (Bill Thurman) wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman). Now, Sam the Lion has died, his theater is closing, and the boys find their own changing lives paralleling those of the world around them. Oscars went to Johnson and Leachman for their supporting roles. There were also six other nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Bridges), Supporting Actress (Ellen Burstyn for her role as Jacy's mother), and Director.
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| 1. The Harrad Experiment (1973)
2. The Last Picture Show (1971)
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