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Cold Turkey |
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First Saw:On TV |
Saw at/with: At the Greenburgs while Babysitting
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Rating: PG
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Year:
1971
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Category: Comedy
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Director:
Norman Lear
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Time:
99 min.
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Writer:
Norman Lear & William Price Fox Jr.
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Strained satire. Maybe too much of an edge to be enjoyable. Some good performances, but it left me with a bad taste.
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| Leonard Maltin/Plot synopsis: |
Bittersweet satire of contemporary America; minister Van Dyke leads township crusade to stop smoking, in order to win mammoth contest. Trenchant finale doesn't entirely gibe with rest of film: still worthwhile, with Bob & Ray hilarious as newscasters. Fine score by Randy Newman; Horton's last film. Made in 1969.
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| User Reviews: |
Jay Richardson's rating:
None Given
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I loved this movie. It is real people, real problems and one of the best Satires of religion, tobacco and middle-American gossip you will ever see.
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