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The Paper Chase

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The Paper Chase
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PG,1hr 51min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1973
Director:
James Bridges
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman  ...more
Synopsis: This filmization of John Jay Osborn Jr.'s novel Paper Chase ended up one of the surprise hits of the 1973-74 movie season. Timothy Bottoms stars as the Minnesotan Hart, a brilliant but naive first-year student at the Harvard Law School. Like most of his fellow aspiring attorneys, Hart is in fearful awe of his demanding, ego-deflating instructor, Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman). He is not so much intimidated by Kingsfield, however, as to resist falling in love with the professor's pretty daughter ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
The Paper Chase was a high point in the careers of many of its promising stars, including Lindsay Wagner and James Naughton. For lead Timothy Bottoms, the film was a well-chosen follow-up to his breakthrough, 1971's The Last Picture Show; his subsequent parts never tapped his talents as these two films did. Writer-director James Bridges would achieve other successes, including The China Syndrome ... Full Review
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