The Long Days of Summer (1980)
- Directed by
- Dan Curtis
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1938, a 13-year-old boy and his family face rising antisemitism in their small New England town. The film shows how their everyday life is affected by prejudice that mirrors events in Nazi Germany.
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What happens
The Long Days of Summer is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film and a sequel to When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978). Taking place one year later, the story follows now 13-year-old Danny (Ronnie Scribner, taking over the role played Chris Peterson in the 1978 film) and the Cooper family in 1938, as they begin to experience the effects of growing antisemitism in their small New England town, paralleling what is happening overseas in Adolf Hitler's Germany. The film was produced and directed by Dan Curtis and stars Dean Jones, Donald Moffat, Scribner and Louanne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Children from Number 67 (1980)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.