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Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
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5 September 1980 (USA) morePlot:
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
John Sayles' home movie of 1980 America more (35 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce MacDonald | ... | Mike Donnelly | |
| Maggie Renzi | ... | Katie Sipriano | |
| Adam LeFevre | ... | J.T. | |
| Maggie Cousineau | ... | Frances Carlson | |
| Gordon Clapp | ... | Chip Hollister | |
| Jean Passanante | ... | Irene Rosenblue | |
| Karen Trott | ... | Maura Tolliver | |
| Mark Arnott | ... | Jeff Andrews | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Ron Desjardins | |
| John Sayles | ... | Howie | |
| Marisa Smith | ... | Carol | |
| Amy Schewel | ... | Lacey Summers | |
| Carolyn Brooks | ... | Meg | |
| Eric Forsythe | ... | Captain | |
| Nancy Mette | ... | Lee |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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J.T.: So listen, what-what kind of music do you like?Lee: Oh, progressive rock mostly.
J.T.: Which is that?
Lee: Oh, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Rush...
J.T.: Right, right. Heavy metal goes to college.
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Overshadowed by its loud, shallow and uncredited remake (The Big Chill) Sayles' first film is a very slight effort that manages to capture a time and place with quiet brilliance. The actors -- first roles for most of them and only roles for some -- are sometimes painfully amateurish and the duration and self-indulgence of some of the scenes make the viewer long for chainsaw intervention, but the film as a whole does a wonderful job of showing a generation of aging idealists on the eve of Reagan's America. Unlike The Big Chill, where everyone is pretty and successful and the dialogue is crisp and full of what passes for wit on prime time TV, Sayles' characters are almost too low-key, their banter sometimes clumsy and their jokes not terribly funny. The unfortunate side effect of his conscientious effort to keep things "real" is that the film sometimes fails to entertain or engage and most of the characters end up outside the viewers' sphere of caring, like someone else's friends in a third-hand story. Still, a very impressive first film and influential on many other 80s movies besides its gaudy imitator.