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things in 1969 you wouldn't see today.


From the opening scene, when Toni crosses the street to mail the letter and there's no yellow on the traffic light, this was a trip back in time, but part of it made me want to go back to 1969.

Especially the record store. Now that even CD stores are almost totally a thing of the past, I was a bit nostalgic for a store where people actually helped you and you could play it. I know they had listening kiosks at some stores, but only a few selections and not the same.

The letter: She'd probably just e-mail him or text him. People text each other today saying their marriages are over.

"domestic champagne" - Maybe only people in a restaurant business would know, but there is no such thing as American champagne. At some point after the film was made, it was ruled that only sparkling wine from France can be called Champagne.

Sending the nephews for ice cream while going across the street-- You just can't have kids in a big city unattended for a second anymore.

"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!" C. M. Burns

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The old telephones, suits and ties to go to a bar or even just or to dinner.

Men wearing watches, the dated faux Tiffany lamps, and the Rolledex on the dentist desk.

The most painful anomoly was to see the exquisite Ingrid Bergman in such s stupid movie, especialy after all the great films she'd done. It must have been a real let down for her.



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Maybe she enjoyed the role or the reach; she was well established enough to turn a role down if she didn't like it. And bills do have to be paid, regardless.

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Yes, you are right. I think she was probably happy to be working. At least she wasn't in Trogg, right?

She was pretty funny actually.

Always the officiant, never the bride.
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Yes, she was - but a very different kind of funny from, say, Goldie Hawn's or Walter Mattau's. I thought it was a delightful movie - like "A New Leaf."

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Yes, I agree. In the few years since I wrote my original opinion, I have come to change my mind.

Her delivery was perfect and it wasn't such a terrible role for her. She was charming and brought sophisticated humor to the role.

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And then - as in "A New Leaf" - there was Jack Weston as the sleaze factor. Strange how actors recycle against other actors/different characters in other movies. Like Walter Matthau and Elaine May in "Neil Simon's Plaza Suite" with the different roles for each. Love to see them stretch their talents like that.

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Smoking in a bar.

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Fur coats, thank goodness, are no longer a sign of luxury,but cruelty

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A young Goldie Hawn!

Its that man again!!

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Well, Daphne's wearing that miniskirt in Scooby-Doo, that's stuff's still popular (maybe parts of the countyr have something to with it..) If crap like Scooby and its ilk is still popular on Cartoon Network with kids, and they are form the same era, hell, why not something like this? The local theatres need to show it again...

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In the record store scene.........

The Beatles' American LPs! If you look carefully at the albums in the record store you can see:

BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM
SOMETHING NEW
THE EARLY BEATLES
BEATLES '65
RUBBER SOUL
REVOLVER

Eventually, these LPs went out of print, and were replaced by the original UK versions. (Well, actually RUBBER SOUL & REVOLVER were released in the UK but with different songs than the American releases).

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Something you wouldn't see today: a movie where the male romantic lead is a cad who keeps on lying to the very end.

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