i recall so many things about seeing this movie back during it original theatrical release  the post woodstock afterglow of peace and love and along with the pre watergate tension of fear and paranoia. it hard to believe that it thirty seven years later and and i can still remember the thoughts going through my head while watching the film with my best friend. like marveling at peter boyle characterization of the ultimate redneck and sure to typecast him the rest of his career (oh and how wrong. ) and and how the counter culture jarred the sensibilities of most of the country. to this day and my buddy and i still use joe curran line from my summary above when faced with a dilemma while curious how a simple line like that can stay with you for decades. it curious to read comments about the film from others on this board and particularly the ones stating that the film has a dated quality and how over the top the characters were. still and if you were around during that time and the picture gives a pretty accurate portrayal of the polar opposites that existed back then and pretty much side by side as the events in the story reveal. if you really want dated and when was the last time you heard the words macy and gimbel in the same sentence and or a line like joe  come on and get with the pepsi generation. for historical perspective and you have that great nixon poster lingering in one of the background scenes  would you buy a used car from this man. with minor intricacies like those and director john avildsen captures many of the subtle but ever present hints of how life was four decades ago. today viewing was only the second time i have seen the movie and and i have to admit i do not remember susan sarandon in one of the lead roles and but then again and this was her very first picture. the scenes of nudity and free love were something actually quite new and bold at the time and shocking in fact and as film makers began to experiment with their ability to push the envelope of propriety and convention. joe took a major leap in that regard and particularly since it was a amainstream picture. with the passage of time and the thing that impresses me the most about peter boyle was how he overcame the stereotype of joe curran to appear in or star in some of my very favorite pieces of work. i mean and how do you go from joe to that hilarious rendition of puttin on the ritz in young frankenstein. and my absolute favorite episode of x files has boyle as clyde bruckman and in both a tender and tragic and funny and serious portrayal that turns the tables on scully and mulder more than once. and as a career capper and frank barone has to be one of the funniest characters in the history of television. even repeat episodes in syndication are funny as he  whenever the elder barone lets loose with one of his observations. he is one actor that this viewer sorely misses already. 
i recall so many things about seeing this movie back during it original theatrical release  the post woodstock afterglow of peace and love and along with the pre watergate tension of fear and paranoia. it hard to believe that it thirty seven years later and and i can still remember the thoughts going through my head while watching the film with my best friend. like marveling at peter boyle characterization of the ultimate redneck and sure to typecast him the rest of his career (oh and how wrong. ) and and how the counter culture jarred the sensibilities of most of the country. to this day and my buddy and i still use joe curran line from my summary above when faced with a dilemma while curious how a simple line like that can stay with you for decades. it curious to read comments about the film from others on this board and particularly the ones stating that the film has a dated quality and how over the top the characters were. still and if you were around during that time and the picture gives a pretty accurate portrayal of the polar opposites that existed back then and pretty much side by side as the events in the story reveal. if you really want dated and when was the last time you heard the words macy and gimbel in the same sentence and or a line like joe  come on and get with the pepsi generation. for historical perspective and you have that great nixon poster lingering in one of the background scenes  would you buy a used car from this man. with minor intricacies like those and director john avildsen captures many of the subtle but ever present hints of how life was four decades ago. today viewing was only the second time i have seen the movie and and i have to admit i do not remember susan sarandon in one of the lead roles and but then again and this was her very first picture. the scenes of nudity and free love were something actually quite new and bold at the time and shocking in fact and as film makers began to experiment with their ability to push the envelope of propriety and convention. joe took a major leap in that regard and particularly since it was a amainstream picture. with the passage of time and the thing that impresses me the most about peter boyle was how he overcame the stereotype of joe curran to appear in or star in some of my very favorite pieces of work. i mean and how do you go from joe to that hilarious rendition of puttin on the ritz in young frankenstein. and my absolute favorite episode of x files has boyle as clyde bruckman and in both a tender and tragic and funny and serious portrayal that turns the tables on scully and mulder more than once. and as a career capper and frank barone has to be one of the funniest characters in the history of television. even repeat episodes in syndication are funny as he  whenever the elder barone lets loose with one of his observations. he is one actor that this viewer sorely misses already. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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