Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
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R,1hr 44min
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1969
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Columbia TriStar
Synopsis: "Consider the possibilities," read the ads for Paul Mazursky's 1969 satirical comedy about what happens when the sexual revolution hits affluent bourgeois life. After a weekend of "beautiful" emotional honesty at an Esalen-type retreat, married wannabe hipsters Bob (Robert Culp) and Carol (Natalie Wood) return to their well-heeled Los Angeles life determined to apply the principles of free love and complete openness to their marriage. To the respective curiosity and repulsion of their married best ... Full Synopsis
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In some ways, it's surprising that a film so identified with a time period as is Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice should hold up as well as it does. It was both famous and infamous in its day for tackling the sexual revolution, and is often thought of as "that film about wife swapping." In fact, the spouse swapping comes only at the climax of the film and actually only takes up a small portion of its running ... Full Review
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