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Surprised they could get away with it

posted 11 years ago by vnisanian2001
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Gary Grimes was 15 at the time they filmed this. And they filmed it in California, where the age of consent is 18.

[–] ck1-5 11 years ago

Uhh....it was a movie. I don't think that he really had sex with Jennifer O'Neill. Just like Jodie Foster's character in "Taxi Driver" didn't really turn tricks for money.

[–] strntz 11 years ago

Just like Jodie Foster's character in "Taxi Driver" didn't really turn tricks for money.

Thanks a lot! Try "spoiler alert" next time!!

Just once, I'd like someone to call me sir without adding 'you're making a scene' ~H Simpson

[–] ck1-5 11 years ago

Try growing up. Here's another one for you....the Titanic sinks.

[–] strntz 11 years ago

Try growing up. Here's another one for you....the Titanic sinks.

Oh for the love of God! You're killing these endings for me!!

[–] thbryn 11 years ago

I would have guessed older than 15. The scenes weren't particularly risque so there really wasn't anything to "get away with."
Kisskiss, Bangbang

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

LOL!

[–] kwestmo (4114) 5 years ago

Here's another - in the next James Bond movie Bond will save the world and sleep with at least two women.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

But the actor playing Bond will not actually do this in real life.

[–] 11 years ago

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[–] Mustang (5213) 2 years ago

People weren't as easily offended back then.

[–] liscarkat (16496) 9 months ago

When the movie was filmed, in 1970, Grimes was fifteen and O'Neill was twenty-two. They did not really have sex. Sex wasn't even shown in the movie. Sex was implied, though, and to today's audience, which is so uptight it makes the Victorians look laid back, that's horrifying. The more sophisticated audience of 1971 was less worried about it, and more focused on the emotional story being told.