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Hi, Mom! (1970)

Hi, Mom! poster
Directed by
Brian De Palma
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 207 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man living in New York City decides to make adult films by spying on his neighbors through his apartment window. The movie follows his odd schemes and encounters as he tries to get his project off the ground.

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What happens

Hi, Mom! is a 1970 American black comedy film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and is one of Robert De Niro's earliest films. De Niro reprises his role of Jon Rubin from Greetings (1968). In this film, Rubin is a fledgling "adult filmmaker" who has an idea to post cameras at his window and film his neighbors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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