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The People Next Door (1970)

The People Next Door
Running time: 93 min. | Genre: Drama, Drugs
The People Next Door

Synopsis

Comfortable New York suburbanites Arthur and Gerrie Mason discover one night that their seemingly perfect 16-year old daughter, Maxie has been tripping on LSD. Arthur, a smug, bullying braggart, immediately suspects his 17-year old (long-haired) son, Artie of supplying the drug to his sister, and immediately kicks him out of the house. Whereupon (suitably) confused Harris runs next door to seek advice from high school principal David Hoffman whose wife, Tina is an alcoholic, and whose son Sandy has his own problems. Very sensibly, he advises love and understanding on the part of the parents, which all but goes out the window when Maxie confesses she has been tripping for quite a while now, is also sexually active and on the pill. Meanwhile, she just keeps getting worse--she's found by her father high on cocaine and in bed with a biker. From there, it's straight to family therapy where, among other things, it's revealed that Dad is having an affair with his lusty secretary and Mom knew...

Details

Original title

The People Next Door

Director

David Greene

Producer

People Next Door, AVCO Embassy Pictures

Running time

93 min.

Screenwriter

J.P. Miller (Historia: J.P. Miller)

Music

Don Sebesky

Cinematography

Gordon Willis

Year

1970

Country

United States United States

 

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