Breezy (1974)

“I picked this originally because of William Holden, since I had just watched him in Picnic from 1955. In Breezy, directed by fellow actor Clint Eastwood, we meet Holden as a grouchy middle-aged man, fairly set in his ways and dancing with a midlife crisis.

Wouldn't you know it, but a free spirited hippy named (a little too on the nose) Breezy stumbles into his life and begins to wear down that dark cloud over his head.

The characters, by and large, are stereotypical, while it felt like this was initially Breezy's story. We are introduced to her as she is drifting through life, hitchhiking from here to there with what seems to be her only prized possession, a guitar.

Predictably, through conversations and a trip to the ocean, the two of them fall in love, ” read more

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" Kay Lenz and William Holden"

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" A case of opposite personalities attracting, with an older male and younger female. One being a hippy and the other a stiff businessman. We see how society frowns upon their union and how they might succumb to the pressures to break it off. I also love the beautiful and free spirited Breezy, great character. "

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