Double Feature

Summer of ’42 (IB Tech Print)

A sentimental, soft-focus coming-of-age tale, Summer of ‘42 captures the magic and nostalgia of youth as three teenage boys fumble with their transition to manhood. But as his friends tussle with girls their own age, Hermie (Gary Grimes) finds first love in the shape of an older woman (22 year old Jennifer O’Neill) whose husband is off fighting in WWII. The box office hit was an Academy Award winner for Best Score (Michel Legrand) and nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.

“[Summer of ‘42] is written, directed and acted with uncommon good humor” – Vincent Canby, The New York Times

The Pursuit of Happiness

By the time Michael Sarrazin landed the role of William Popper in The Pursuit of Happiness, he had displayed his Actor’s Studio credentials in a number of roles on stage and screen (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; The Sweet Ride and The Flim-Flam Man), and was a perfect choice to play the appealing, young lead in this anti-establishment story. Popper, who comes from privilege, has his eyes opened to social activism on the college campus by his girlfriend, Jane Kauffman (Barbara Hershey). When a traffic accident forces Popper face-to-face with the judicial system, his principles and counter-culture lifestyle are put on trial. Directed by Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird, Inside Daisy Clover) and based on Thomas Rogers’ book of the same title, the lesson Popper learns is that the severest consequences can come from trying to do the right thing. (Sony)