Thursday, February 1, 2024

The Impossible Years (1968)



Released December 5th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: Dr. Jonathan Kingsley is a happily married, father of two girls - 17-year-old Linda and 13-year-old Abbey.
The doctor is the professor of Psychology at the local university. He is also writing a book about parents and their relationships with their teenagers.
Currently, the students of the university are protesting and when the school paper wants to do an interview with the doctor, he is more than willing.
He claims that if you are close with your children, they will not stray from what is the right way and he firmly stands by that philosophy.
Shortly thereafter, the doctor gets a frantic call from his wife.
Their daughter Linda has been arrested for protesting in the campus demonstration.
In shock , the doctor rushes to the police station , believing it all must be a mistake.
There , he learns it is no mistake , Linda was infact arrested and the charges are not good.
The doctor and his wife find out soon enough that their beloved daughter , who they trust and thought they knew , isnt as easily understood or trustworthy as they thought.
Stars David Niven , Trudi Ames , Lola Albright , Cristina Ferrare , Rich Chalet , Darleen Carr , Ozzie Nelson , Chad Everett , Jeff Cooper , John Harding , Michael McGreevey , Don Beddoe , Lousie Lorimer , Karen Norris , Susan French , J Edward McKinley , Ned Wertimer , Ion Berger
Directed by Michael Gordon
Rated G
COMEDY

"Here's my favorite. 'Please excuse Linda  , as her father is using her for LSD experiments and she doesnt know who she is in the afternoon.'"

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