1969 is a 1988 drama film starring Robert Downey Jr.
It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson.
In 1969, two best friends, Ralph Karr and Scott Denny live in a stuffy, upper-middle class suburban town in Maryland at the offset of the Vietnam war, and are both in college.
So many movies have tried to explore the myths and mysteries of that "decade of change," one wonders exactly what screenwriter Ernest Thompson ("On Golden Pond," "Sweet Hearts Dance") had in mind with "1969," which also marks his directing debut.
Despite claims to the contrary, "1969" has the feel of a work by someone who experienced the '60s through movies and novels rather than by actually living through it.
One wonders what kind of movie this might have been if Thompson had invested as much care in his script as he did in choosing the authentic '60s music that dramatically punctuates a few too many scenes.
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