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Plot

Ernest Thompson, the playwright responsible for the Pulitzer Prize winning On Golden Pond, makes his directorial debut with 1969. Kiefer Sutherland plays a draft-age youth who undergoes an epiphany when one of his friends is killed in Vietnam. Sutherland's subsequent antiwar stance causes a great deal of tension within his own family, though his mother, Mariette Hartley, tries her best to understand.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
96min.
Theatrical Release Date:
11/18/1988
DVD Release Date:
04/16/2002
Distributor(s):
Atlantic Entertainment Group
Director(s):
Ernest Thompson
Starring:
Robert Downey, Jr. , Kiefer Sutherland , Bruce Dern , Mariette Hartley , Winona Ryder
Themes:
Generation Gap,Mothers and Sons
Tone:
Earnest,Nostalgic,Poignant
Keywords:
Vietnam,anti-war,death,home-front,military-draft,protester,war
Country of Origin:
USA (11-18-1988)
Language:
English