# Identify this 70's docudrama

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 28, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-70s-docudrama/461525 "2008-08-28T06:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-70s-docudrama/461525/1 "2008-08-28T06:32:28Z")

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I recently remembered this movie from the early 70’s that, around 1990, was regularly broadcast on Discover Channel. It was about a mentally retarded boy and his daily life. Although it was a dramatic film, the naturalistic shooting style made it seem like a documentary. The only scene I clearly recall was him going to the record store to buy albums (I believe the Carpenters and Jerry Reed). Anyone remember this flick?

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**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-70s-docudrama/461525/2 "2008-08-28T06:46:59Z")

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Could it be [Best Boy?](http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bestboy.php)

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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-70s-docudrama/461525/3 "2008-08-29T04:26:41Z")

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Nope. The boy in the movie was literally a boy, at most 18. Plus there weren’t really any changes in his life during the film, it mostly seemed a slice of life of his everyday actions.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-70s-docudrama/461525/4 "2008-08-29T06:50:29Z")

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Hmm…maybe the TV movies

• [And Your Name Is Jonah](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078776/) (1979)  
• [Like Normal People](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0079471/) (1979)