Measure of a Man (1962)
1962 · Ephemeral film · 22 min · dir. Scott Whitaker
- Drama
Synopsis
Mike Miller is a high school student. His mother is wondering more and more about whether he is yet at that stage of acting on feelings associated with puberty, such as having kissed a girl. She is somewhat worried however when Mike says that he is going to hang out this evening with Hal and Blaine, who she has only heard by reputation are a bit on the wild side. While she doesn't forbid Mike from hanging out with them, she still can't help but be worried. On the flip side, Mike, a proverbial good boy, may buckle under peer pressure to do things that he may not want to do, such as drag racing, drinking and hanging out with "wild" girls. What Mike does not know is that some of his friends and friends of friends who he will hang out with this evening will have exactly those same feelings as him, they too who may succumb to peer pressure.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Scott Whitaker
- Writer
- Scott Whitaker
- Studio
- Brigham Young University
- Released
- 1962-01-01
- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance
- Substance abuse: Alcohol
- Psychology
Cast & crew
- Scott Whitaker Director
- Kent Aland
- Judy Porter
- Jean Jenkins
- LeVar Rockwood
Marc Dona
Al Wilson- Sally Hale
- Sue Ellen Sergal
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Grease is the word! · Spuzz · 2003-11-07
Very strange telling of a school jock deciding on what is right and wrong. The jock lives with his mother (who does tongue exercises when thinking out loud). He goes out with 2 other lads from his school and, after a couple of root beers at the local Big Boy, pick up a couple of hot chicks and head over to the next town for beer. His subconcious though keeps telling him that wild girls and beer are not good for morals. When they get the beer, the girl the jock winds up with has the line of the film by saying totally unconvingly (I guess that was the point) "Mmmm Beer" The film sort of ends…
★★★ · greasers aplenty · MediaWhore · 2004-05-14
story of peer presure and the courage to do whats right . Unrealistic in the scene where the boys pick up some chicks and instead of trying to get in thier pants 2 of the boys have a moral deliema and say no to beer (and the good times in backseats that come along with drunkin dates). I love the quote from the girl when the boy asks how many beers do you think are being opened around the world right now and she answers "Probablly thousands if you count Germany and Switzerland".
