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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. |
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==Awards== |
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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. |
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Directed by | Stuart Hagmann |
Written by | James S. Kunen (novel) Israel Horovitz |
Produced by | Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler |
Starring | Bruce Davison Kim Darby |
Cinematography | Ralph Woolsey |
Music by | Ian Freebairn-Smith Buffy Sainte-Marie Neil Young |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | 1970 |
Running time | 109 min. |
Country | U.S.A. |
Language | English |
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.