Comments on: Sticks and Bones (1973)

By: Mickey Birnbaum

Mickey Birnbaum — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 03:30:02 +0000

Wow wow wow. I remember seeing this on TV when I was thirteen years old–in its only screening–and it changed my understanding of how art operates and of the Vietnam war, and what was possible on TV.. It blew me away. I never forgot it, and it was an inspiration for me to become a playwright and a screenwriter. Thank you so much for finding and resurrecting it. I’m excited to revisit it. The weirdest thing, though, is that I never knew Robert Downey directed it! Inspired choice for the material!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:48:56 +0000

This is exactly as messed up as I remembered it being. THANK YOU for posting! I’ve been waiting over nearly 50 years to see this again!

By: Mark Deming

Mark Deming — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:27:38 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I saw part of this the first and only time it aired in 1973, and bits of it have been burned into my memory ever since. It’s not hard to see why it was controversial at the time, but it’s also a powerful, fearless statement about the Vietnam war and how it impacted this nation, not just those who fought but those who struggled to understand its consequences.

By: Jonathan Shapiro

Jonathan Shapiro — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:28:44 +0000

Even the Museum of Television and Radio doesn’t have this. Astonishing that American network television would even conceive of airing something this daring