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01/01/1975 Comedy 0h 10m
70
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Overview

Doubletalk is a 1975 short film directed by Alan Beattie. The film follows a young man who picks his girlfriend up at her family home and meets her parents -- and the audience is privy to their private thoughts and impressions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

  1. Alan Beattie

    Director

  2. Taffy Cannon

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Dick DeCoit

  2. Richard Eastham

    father

  3. Nada Rowand

    Mother

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-21
Sadly, I do remember when bell-bottoms were all the rage! I wasn’t quite as old as this lad, though, as he parks his VW beetle in the drive of his girlfriend’s swanky house and then promptly steps in something inconsiderately left on the drive! Nobody noticed so up to the door he goes and is soon being interrogated by her mother, then her father, before - eventually, “Karen” arrives. What’s special about this? Well there’s the usual cheesy chit-chat exchanged, but we also get to hear what they are really thinking too. Thinking about everything from how posh the house is, to how cut...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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