This movie about students in their first year at Harvard Law School is a favorite of mine. First because when it came out, I had no idea what college life was like and it provided a small glimpse. Most movies only show you the frat house side of that life. But this movie showed you the academic side. The hours of study. The butterflies before a really hard exam.
The story concerns a Midwest student (Timothy Bottoms) and his study group at Harvard. Simple enough, but then he starts dating the Profesor's daughter ( a really beautiful Lindsay Wagner, before her "Mujer Nuclear" days) and in a way has to decide between law school and the woman he loves. By the way, the Professor (John Houseman) became an pop culture icon with his tyrannical demeanor.
This movie was later turned into an excellent tv series (when is the damn DVD coming out?) that won multiple awards and lasted around 4 seasons.
The Paper Chase is playing on Cinemax at odd hours.
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Timothy Bottoms from The Last Picture Show? I had such a crush on him when I first saw that movie lol (LPS, not Paper Chase, haven't seen it). Wonder what became of him.
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