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Movie is supposed to be late sixties but....

posted 11 years ago by rockchester
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They didn't say "just say no" until Nancy Reagan said it in the 1980s.
They didn't have break dancing in 1968.
I can't recall exactly when those big two-liter plastic bottles of Dr Pepper first showed up but they didn't exist in 1968.
Julie's dream man (Josh Brolin) seemed to be driving a Cadillac that was made recently. They didn't make Cadillacs that looked like that back then.
Guys didn't refer to other guys as "dude" back in the late 60s.

It's kind of weird that the producers didn't pay closer attention to historical accuracy. It's not really clear when this movie was supposed to be set in but if it was 1968, they really botched a lot of it.

[–] FlashCallahan 10 years ago

Em, it was set in present day, well, 1999.

I think you mean the TV series was set in the sixties, because that was when it was made.

So I think all the mistakes you spotted was just you mistaking the the whole timeline.

But this film must have been a ball for you

Especially the fashion, the music, the cars, and not to mention the technology.

You are not your I-Pod
You are not your cellphone
You are not your Blu-ray

[–] oscarunger 10 years ago

lol, never mind the obviously 1990's disco at the beginning