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Doubletalk

7.0(7)197510m2

Doubletalk is a 1975 short film directed by Alan Beattie. The film follows a young man who picks his girlfriend up at her family home and meets her parents -- and the audience is privy to their private thoughts and impressions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Released
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Language
English

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Behind the camera

Director

Alan Beattie

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1975

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Doubletalk was released on 1 January 1975.

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    CinemaSerf

    8/21/2025

    7/10

    Sadly, I do remember when bell-bottoms were all the rage! I wasn’t quite as old as this lad, though, as he parks his VW beetle in the drive of his girlfriend’s swanky house and then promptly steps in something inconsiderately left on the drive! Nobody noticed so up to the door he goes and is soon being interrogated by her mother, then her father, before - eventually, “Karen” arrives. What’s special about this? Well t…

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