Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Getting Straight

 Getting Straight
type
 TVTItem
 Getting Straight
label
 Getting Straight
 Getting Straight
page
 GettingStraight
 Getting Straight
comment
 Getting Straight is a 1970 American comedy-drama film written by Robert Kaufman and directed by Richard Rush, adapted from a novel of the same name by Ken Kolb.Harry Bailey (Elliott Gould), a Vietnam veteran and former student protestor, returns to college so he can get his Master's degree and become a teacher. He feels that he has outgrown activism, despite the fact that his on-and-off girlfriend Jan (Candice Bergen) is heavily involved in the protests on campus. Harry is torn between his sympathies with the protestors and their causes and his desire to become a teacher.
 Getting Straight
fetched
 2023-04-19T04:44:18Z
 Getting Straight
parsed
 2023-04-19T04:44:18Z
 Getting Straight
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 Getting Straight / int_14bfa98
type
 Freeze-Frame Ending
 Getting Straight / int_14bfa98
comment
 Freeze-Frame Ending: The credits roll over a freeze-frame of the riot in the school.
 Getting Straight / int_14bfa98
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_14bfa98
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_14bfa98
 Getting Straight / int_486b0458
type
 Draft Dodging
 Getting Straight / int_486b0458
comment
 Draft Dodging: After Nick drops out of college, he converts to Buddhism in the hopes of getting a religious exemption. When that doesn't work, he shows up carrying a purse and talking with a lisp, but nobody buys it. He arrives at campus, gleefully crowing about how he defeated the draft once and for all... by joining the Marines. He can't wait to serve his country by firing a machine gun from a helicopter. Harry is shocked by his attitude transplant. Nick soon gets rejected for being "constitutionally inferior," thereby dodging the draft without trying.
 Getting Straight / int_486b0458
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_486b0458
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_486b0458
 Getting Straight / int_4ff6f484
type
 Trash the Set
 Getting Straight / int_4ff6f484
comment
 Trash the Set: The movie ends with protestors storming the building and ripping the rooms apart, throwing paper and furniture everywhere.
 Getting Straight / int_4ff6f484
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_4ff6f484
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_4ff6f484
 Getting Straight / int_5319eefb
type
 Book Safe
 Getting Straight / int_5319eefb
comment
 Book Safe: Nick Philbin (Robert F. Lyons) gives him a book with pot hidden inside.
 Getting Straight / int_5319eefb
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_5319eefb
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_5319eefb
 Getting Straight / int_6d892421
type
 Teacher/Student Romance
 Getting Straight / int_6d892421
comment
 Teacher/Student Romance: Harry flirts with Sheila (Jenny Sullivan), a student in the remedial English class he teaches at the college. They have sex while he's temporarily broken up with Jan.
 Getting Straight / int_6d892421
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_6d892421
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_6d892421
 Getting Straight / int_744e3311
type
 Police Brutality
 Getting Straight / int_744e3311
comment
 Police Brutality: During a protest, police beat protestors with batons and spray them with fire hoses, knocking them down a flight of concrete stairs.
 Getting Straight / int_744e3311
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_744e3311
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_744e3311
 Getting Straight / int_7ab17528
type
 Waving Signs Around
 Getting Straight / int_7ab17528
comment
 Waving Signs Around: A common sight on campus is students waving signs protesting the ROTC, the Vietnam War, and anti-drug laws and calling for the voting age to be lowered to eighteen.
 Getting Straight / int_7ab17528
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_7ab17528
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_7ab17528
 Getting Straight / int_8e76ea52
type
 Fish-Eye Lens
 Getting Straight / int_8e76ea52
comment
 Fish-Eye Lens: Used in P.O.V. shots from Harry's perspective when Vandenburg (Jon Lormer) is telling him to tell the other students about the small concessions the school has made to the protestors' demands, despite Harry's knowledge that giving them so little of what they want will only make things worse.
 Getting Straight / int_8e76ea52
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_8e76ea52
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_8e76ea52
 Getting Straight / int_a4905771
type
 Double-Meaning Title
 Getting Straight / int_a4905771
comment
 Double-Meaning Title: Can refer to Harry's determination to advance himself in establishment ("straight") society, or to his need to get his values and priorities "straight".
 Getting Straight / int_a4905771
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_a4905771
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_a4905771
 Getting Straight / int_cdd76441
type
 Big Guy Rodeo
 Getting Straight / int_cdd76441
comment
 Big Guy Rodeo: During a protest, a cop is beating a man who's lying on the ground. A woman jumps on his back and pummels his helmet with her fists. He throws her to the ground and is about to start beating her when the man jumps on the cop, knocking him to the ground.
 Getting Straight / int_cdd76441
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_cdd76441
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_cdd76441
 Getting Straight / int_e21fba9f
type
 Sperm as People
 Getting Straight / int_e21fba9f
comment
 Sperm as People: The students watch a sex ed video that shows animated sperm swimming around an egg. One student yells, "Back, back, you fools! We've been tricked! It's only a wet dream!"
 Getting Straight / int_e21fba9f
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_e21fba9f
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_e21fba9f
 Getting Straight / int_ed503b22
type
 Match Cut
 Getting Straight / int_ed503b22
comment
 Match Cut: The movie opens with a shot of Earth as seen from the Moon. The Earth turns red, and then turns into an apple that one student tosses to another.
 Getting Straight / int_ed503b22
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_ed503b22
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_ed503b22
 Getting Straight / int_f237981e
type
 The Alleged Car
 Getting Straight / int_f237981e
comment
 The Alleged Car: Harry drives a dented, rusted car with cracked windows and huge tears in the seats. He can't get it to turn off without lots of Percussive Maintenance that unintentionally turns the radio on. Part of the dashboard is so damaged that it electrocutes him when he touches it. Towards the end of the movie, the car finally dies when part of the engine suddenly explodes.
 Getting Straight / int_f237981e
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_f237981e
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_f237981e
 Getting Straight / int_name
type
 ItemName
 Getting Straight / int_name
comment
 Getting Straight / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Getting Straight / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Getting Straight / int_name
 Getting Straight / int_name
itemName
 Getting Straight

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Big Guy Rodeo / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Book Safe / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Draft Dodging / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Fish-Eye Lens / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Freeze-Frame Ending / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Kick Them While They Are Down / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Match Cut / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Percussive Maintenance / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Sperm as People / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Teacher/Student Romance / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 The Alleged Car / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Trash the Set / int_bd953a4
 Getting Straight
hasFeature
 Waving Signs Around / int_bd953a4