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Synopsis: The Secaucus 7 of the film's title are seven friends who, during their college days, were arrested in New Jersey on their way to a protest in Washington. The film takes place ten years after all that, as the friends gather at the home of Mike and Katie, now schoolteachers in New Hampshire, bringing with them old problems and new: Maura has left Jeff and seeks consolation with his best friend, J.T.; J.T., arguably the least successful of the friends, finally gets the courage to move to Los Angeles to start a career as a songwriter; Irene brings her new boyfriend along, hoping he'll like and be liked by her friends and expecting them to challenge him for his more-conservative politics; and more. This is the film that inspired "The Big Chill."
Genre: Drama
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: IFC Films
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
1979
104 min
240 Views


me money-- -Forget it, J.T.

I don't expect anything

from you. I really don't.

-Katie?

-Out here.

-Jeff's gone.

-He is? I didn't hear his car.

-He left a note.

-That's just like him. What's it say?

-It's an apology.

-For what?

I don't know. It just says,

"I'm sorry. Love, Jeff."

Oh, God. Nothing else?

Just a huge pile of kindling.

And then he can say:

"I thought I could get away with one

box vanilla, two chocolate mint...

...like everyone else."

Katie would die if she knew.

What are you looking at?

You really did have a

good time, didn't you?

Yeah, I did.

I think I passed the test too.

You got a good beat and

you can dance to it....

I'll give you a 90.

Don't wake her.

If she sleeps late enough, maybe we

can talk her into staying for the night.

Well, I suppose we ought to

take down the volleyball net.

It's supposed to rain later.

Let me take some aspirin first.

That dope of Chip's, Washington

Gold or whatever it was.

I think it was the coffee at the

police station that got to me.

And what are we gonna

do with all those eggs?

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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