''Guess What We Learned in School Today?'' (also released in the United States as ''I Ain't No Buffalo'') is a 1970 film directed by
John G. Avildsen
John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Rocky'' (1976), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first three ''The Karate Kid'' fil ...
and written by Eugene Price. The movie premiered at the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
in 1970 and opened in the United States in 1971. Although it was shot before Avildsen's ''
Joe
Joe or JOE may refer to:
Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
'', it got distribution afterward due to ''Joe's'' success.
Tagline: "''
Love American Style
''Love, American Style'' is an anthology comedy television series that aired on ABC from 1969 to 1974. The series was produced by Paramount Television. During the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons, it was a part of ABC's Friday primetime lineup ...
'' with a touch of X."
Plot
Parents in a small, conservative community want to ban
sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduc ...
in schools, labeling it a
Communist plot. However, the two people leading the charge against sex ed are revealed to be an impotent alcoholic and a gay policeman.
Principal cast
Critical reception
Roger Greenspun of ''
The New York Times
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'' did not care for the film at all:
See also
*
List of American films of 1970
This is a list of American films released in 1970.
''Patton'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was ''Airport''.
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A–B
C–F
G–I
J–M
N–S
T–Z
See also
* 1970 in ...
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List of American films of 1971
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
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1970 films
Films directed by John G. Avildsen
American sex comedy films
1970s sex comedy films
Golan-Globus films
1970 comedy films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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