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The War Between the Tates (1977)
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Crenna, Ann Wedgeworth, Annette O'Toole
Runtime90 min
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A college professor's well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
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Fans of intimate, character-driven dramas will appreciate the nuanced performances and complex interpersonal dynamics in The War Between the Tates (1977), directed by Lee Philips. The film explores the unraveling of a seemingly stable marriage when a college professor, played by the talented Richard Crenna, has an affair with one of his students.
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The War Between the Tates is a campus novel by Alison Lurie that takes place at an elite university during the upheavals of the late 1960s and gently and deftly skewers all sides in the turmoils and conflicts of that era — opposition to the Vietnam war, the start of the feminist movement, the generation gap, sexual liberation, experimentation with drugs, and student unrest.
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