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Purple Haze (1982) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1982 · 97 mins · English
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- Directed by
- David Burton Morris
- Starring
- Joel Thingvall, Chuck McQuary, Peter Nelson, Heidi Helmer, Susanna Lack, Bernard Baldan
It’s the summer of 1968, and Matt Caulfield is forced to confront adulthood quickly. After his friends hear President Lyndon Johnson announce he won’t seek re‑election, they celebrate by smoking marijuana. A nearby student, annoyed by their noise, is pelted with junk food when he asks them to quiet down and calls the police. Within minutes Matt and his roommates are arrested and expelled from campus. He returns home to a fraught family environment and soon finds himself drafted and shipped off to Vietnam.
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