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Jay Kent Lorenz <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:17:51 -0700
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This sounds like OPEN SEASON actioner with Fonda and William Holden;
however, what I recollect about this oddity is that it had more to do with
disgruntled Vietnam vets.  Must have been made a few years before COMING
HOME!

jay kent lorenz

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Allan D. Campbell wrote:

> A colleague's friend had vague recollections of a movie, which may or may
> not feature Peter Fonda, and my colleague wants to find out the film's
> title.  Read the description below, and please post if this looks familiar
> to you.  Thanks, Allan
>
> >I don't remember the name of the movie ... but I do remember that one of
> >the main actors was Peter Fonda. I do remember the plot clearly. It was,
> >more or less, about a group of brilliant Harvard students who raped a
> >girl. She accused them in court and they countered that she was a
> >prostitute. Their lawyer defends them by citing their brilliant grades and
> >good families. They are acquitted. The girl commits suicide. As adults,
> >the "juniors" look for "stronger emotions" and they dedicate themselves to
> >"huntig" couples on weekend vacations. Th "hut" is not figurative;
> >after the obligatory rape, the "juniors" set the couple free in the
> >country, and then hunt them down with shotguns.
>
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