Getting Straight is a 1970 American comedy-drama motion picture directed by Richard Rush, released by Columbia Pictures. The story centered upon student politics at a university in the early 1970s, seen through the eyes of non-conformist graduate student Harry Bailey . Also featured in the cast were Candice Bergen as Bailey's girlfriend, Jeff Corey as Bailey's professor and Harrison Ford as his anti social friend. Getting Straight was released in an era of change and unrest in the United States in the early 1970s, and was in a long line of films that dealt with these themes. Other films of... this period with similar themes were Medium Cool , R. P. M. , directed by Stanley Kramer, and The Strawberry Statement . Harry Bailey, a former student activist and post-graduate, comes back to university to complete an education course to become a teacher. He tries to avoid the increasing student unrest that has surfaced, but finds this difficult as his girlfriend, Jan, is a leader in these protests. Over time, student demonstrations bring police to the campus to quell the unrest, and the ensuing clashes lead to martial law.
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| Release date: | 1970 |
| Directed by: | Richard Rush |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Music by: | Ronald Stein |
| Cinematography: | László Kovács |
| Genre: | Comedy |