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Original title

Heavy Petting

Year

1989

Running time

74 min.

Country

United States

Director

Obie Benz, Joshua Waletzky

Screenwriter

Pierce Rafferty

Cast

Cinematography

Sandi Sissel

Producer

Americas in Transition, Fossil Films

Genre

Documentary

Synopsis

Heavy Petting is a comedy about teenage passion during America’s past. Through archival footage, we glimpse the growing up of America at midcentury. In addition, individuals as diverse as musicians David Byrne and Laurie Anderson, comedienne Sandra Bernhard, and writers William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg talk in revealing, often-funny ways about their own teenage sexual experiences.

Awards: 1989: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize

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Heavy Petting

1989

Obie Benz, Joshua Waletzky