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The film features [[Bruce Davison]] as Simon, a college student and at first reluctant protester, and [[Kim Darby]] as Linda, a more radical fellow student. Kunen appears in a cameo role in the film. [[Thunderclap Newman]]'s "Something in the Air" and numerous other rock songs are used on the sound track.
The film features [[Bruce Davison]] as Simon, a college student and at first reluctant protester, and [[Kim Darby]] as Linda, a more radical fellow student. Kunen appears in a cameo role in the film. [[Thunderclap Newman]]'s "Something in the Air" and numerous other rock songs are used on the sound track.

==Awards==
In 1970 the film was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] (Golden Palm) and won the Jury Prize at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. In 1971 it was nominated for the Golden Laurel Star of Tomorrow, Male (Bruce Davison) at the Laurel Awards.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:41, 1 February 2007

The Strawberry Statement
File:StrawberryStatement.jpg
Directed byStuart Hagmann
Written byJames S. Kunen (novel)
Israel Horovitz
Produced byRobert Chartoff
Irwin Winkler
StarringBruce Davison
Kim Darby
CinematographyRalph Woolsey
Music byIan Freebairn-Smith
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Neil Young
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
1970
Running time
109 min.
CountryU.S.A.
LanguageEnglish

The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 cult film about the counterculture and student revolt in the 1960s, loosely based on the non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen about the Columbia University protests of 1968.

The film features Bruce Davison as Simon, a college student and at first reluctant protester, and Kim Darby as Linda, a more radical fellow student. Kunen appears in a cameo role in the film. Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" and numerous other rock songs are used on the sound track.

Awards

In 1970 the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1971 it was nominated for the Golden Laurel Star of Tomorrow, Male (Bruce Davison) at the Laurel Awards.

See also

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