Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
Directed by Robert Scheerer
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Sep 22, 1970 (USA) |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Looking like a high-school junior, Michael Douglas plays a college professor in Adam at 6 AM. Tired of academia, Douglas opts for the supposed tranquility of rural Missouri. After working as farm hand for a few weeks, he realizes that his "normal" neighbors are as screwed up as any of his more sophisticated friends. To punch up the film's leisurely screenplay, a great deal of sex talk is injected, which may have sounded daring in 1970 but which plays like an episode of Married: With Children nowadays. Adam at 6 AM is blessed with a superb supporting cast: among the secondary actors is 1940s leading lady Anne Gwynne, making a one-time-only film comeback.
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professor, academic [person], disillusionment, downward-mobility, roots [origins], coming-of-age, love, romance