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1970s Movies

Getting Straight (1970)

November 25, 2020December 29, 2022 - by greatmovies

Getting Straight movie storyline. 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.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

October 22, 2020January 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie storyline. In a small town, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), a poor paperboy, watches kids visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka’s (Gene Wilder) chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of William Allingham’s poem “The Fairies” and tells Charlie that “nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out.”

I Love My Wife (1970)

July 5, 2020February 7, 2023 - by greatmovies

I Love My Wife movie storyline. Richard Burrows (Elliott Gould) is a medical student with a pregnant wife, Jody (Brenda Vaccaro), who becomes unappealing to him before and after childbirth, abstaining from sex and gaining weight. When her mother moves in with them, Richard’s home life frustrates him even more.