More movies like this??


Anyone know of anymore good movies like this...
Set in the 70s coming of age type movies?

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"Dazed and Confused". The plot is a little thinner (it is more of a slice of life pic), but it is, if possible, even funnier. In fact, it is definitely funnier (and that is no dig at Outside Providence, but rather it is props for Dazed...), and it is all the more amazing when you realize that the cast was, at that time, completely unknown (if you haven't seen it and you are not aware of it, just watch it without going to the IMDB page, and let yourself be surprised by the who's who of actors who starred in it). It is only one that deserves mention in the same breath with Outside Providence.

Now, if you are not after comedy but just 70s kids being 70s kids, then, "Over The Edge" is the movie for you. It is very different in tone, context and plot from both Dazed and Confused and Outside Providence, but it is still compelling as heck and, as somebody who was the exact age of the kids depicted in the movie at the exact time the movie was taking place and living in my own boring-ass suburban hell, I can tell you it was scary accurate (except for the over-the-top ending).

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Yeah I've seen dazed and confused. They're both good movies... I am yet to watch over the edge though which I am quite surprised as I have seen nearly every film with young Mat Dillon

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Definitely check out "Over The Edge". It is not a comedy, but it is definitely a freaky play on the coming of age genre and it is most definitely set in the late 70s. It was Matt Dillon's first movie. The mythology is that he was "discovered" while cutting class in his upper middle class junior high school by the casting director who decided he had the right look and attitude for the role (he plays the prototypical "bad kid with a heart of gold").

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Breaking Away!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Away

Who's... laughing... NOW?!? BZZZZZZ (hack hack spurt spurt) HA HA HAAA BZZZZZ HA HA HAAA

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Detroit Rock City!!

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The Stoned Age

(not saying it was great Tak!

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