My folks were in this film. The scenes were primarily at Lane Community College and in one theres a riot and my dad can be seen jumping off a high wall(stuntman shot done by extras) my mom was in a indoor clise up shot in one of the classrooms.
AS A 13 YEAR OLD LATE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1970, I WATCHED THE MOVIE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A NEW MOVIE CALLED 'GETTING STRAIGHT". THE WILD STUDENT PROTESTS SCENES IN THE PROMO SEEMED VERY REALISTIC TO THE TENSIONS AND UNREST OF THAT TIME, SINCE THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING AT KENT STATE UNIVERDSITY HAD HAPPENED ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE. SOON AFTER , NBC-TV SERIES "THE BOLD ONES" PRODUCED AN EMMY AWARD TWO PART EPISODE STARRING HAL HOLBROOK BASED ON THAT INCIDENT. IN 1973 BOTH "GETTING STRAIGHT" AND "THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT" WERE BOTH TELEVISED. "GETTING STRAIGHT" IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FILMS. THE GREAT CAST INCLUDED FUTURE STAR HARRISON FORD. YEARS LATER, MY MOTHER AND ME WOULD WATCH CANDICE BERGEN IN THE CBS-TV SERIES "MURPHY BROWN", BUT I WOULD STILL SEE HER AS JAN, FROM "GETTING STRAIGHT". THANK YOU MovieMadMatt FOR POSTING THIS GREAT MASTERPIECE !!!! THANK YOU YOU/TUBE !!!!!
I love this movie, too! I saw it three times. I found it rather late in life which is good because I probably would have dismissed it when I was young.
