The Strawberry Statement

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The Strawberry Statement ★★ 1970 (R)

Dated message film about a campus radical who persuades a college student to take part in the student strikes on campus during the '60s. Ambitious anti-violence message is lost in too many subplots. Soundtrack features songs by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and John Lennon. 109m/C VHS . Kim Darby, Bruce Davison, Bud Cort, James Coco, Kristina Holland, Bob Balaban, David Dukes, Jeannie Berlin; D: Stuart Hagmann; W: Israel Horovitz. Cannes '70: Special Jury Prize.

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