Getting Closer (Boy - Girl Relationships) 1975

Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films

Description: The film revolves around a group of high school friends preparing for a dance, highlighting their interactions and relationships. Greg is hesitant to join the dance, worried about his reputation and feelings. His friends push him to attend, while a girl named Bonnie expresses interest in him. The story takes a turn when news of Greg's tragic death reaches the group, leading to the cancellation of the dance and a moment of reflection on their friendships and the fragility of life. Keywords high school, dance, friendships, relationships, tragedy, peer pressure, coming-of-age, social dynamics

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[Applause] it's about time the stupid girls got off our feet shut up look at them dumb girls they look like crabs I Was a Fool yeah well they all don't look so bad like who doesn't look so bad hey l hey ostrich come over here a minute see you later Greg see you come on we're going to be late for practice oh come on Greg you stay here a minute come on man hi hi hi Greg hey Greg I sort of told Laura and Brian that we might all go to the dance tonight together uh I didn't hear about any dance we dance at school tonight I don't know I've already been to a dance oh come on tell them to going man I don't know I I have to think about it I hope you'll come Greg oh come on come we're going to be late for practice come on man tell them you're going man no there's something else I might have to do oh come on I'll tell you later come on man oh I don't know oh he'll be there hey L if you're still here after we're done with football practice we can walk home together you too ostrich not if you keep call call me AR you hippopotamus hey wait up Lou stop mixing me up with girls just mind your own business oh you don't have anything else to do tonight yeah who said I do I think you're chicken I think you're scared you're crazy L off find your business okay you guys let's move it let's move it come on come on let's form up I still think you're chicken you're girl crazy nuts that's all you ever think about you too Greg let's get moving get moving you guys up up here we go come on get yourselves in place are you ready and 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 time oh you don't have anything else to do tonight I hope you come Greg I think you're chicken I think you're scared I hope you come Greg I still think you're chicken one two and hold okay you guys let's move off off off to the tackle let's go come on Greg okay everybody follow up for tackle practice here we go Tim ready and go okay Greg you're next give it a good one here we go now okay Greg Get Set let's go let's get set you know what I think I think that you don't like girls shut up okay come on Greg move out [Music] good tackle Greg chicken who says I'm chicken okay who's next Who's Next come on Lou get oh don't worry B going to get it finished here you go thanks sure can I have the streamers back well I don't know about Robert but Greg likes you Bonnie how can you say that he never talks to me all Greg thinks about is football and his old friends well Lou likes you no Lou likes you Bonnie oh laa nobody calls me too big for Lou I'm too big for anybody Bonnie just because he calls you ostrich doesn't mean he doesn't like you doesn't matter anyway I know I'm the Dan is tonight hey Bonnie do you think we should walk home this way I guess so but the boys were still practicing when we left school I doubt they'd be home yet let's go anyway okay come on my math is going to spoil this whole thing know I don't even understand hey did you see that great K yeah man but I got something better look at these man wow hey Lou hey do do you think she's real what do you mean if she of course she's real man man I should like to have her phone number look at that Ace of clubs have you ever seen anything like like that perform your life look at the hey Bonnie let's slow down the right behind us what are they looking at I can't tell but let's slow down before we pass Lou house and he doesn't see us okay hey I don't know anybody that looks like this Lou I mean we shouldn't know anybody right around like this man I never thought about it that way yeah but maybe some of the girls we know grow up to look like that I doubt it hey man look there's lur and ostrich come on hey Lura hey ostrich I'm me bite wait up hi hi hi hi hi um this is where I live oh I know it's a really nice house hey a great idea we can all go in my house and fool around and listen to record nobody's home Thor I don't think we should if nobody's home it's okay Bonnie's lungs were all together I know but what if the parents come home Bonnie the parents are going to come home it's okay all right okay let's go I just remembered something I got to go home and clean out my lizard cage oh you can do that later I I also have to uh rake Le too all right I've had it with you we'll listen to records without you why do I always do this I don't have to clean out my lizard cage come on let I'm always doing this hey Lou I want to show you this new dance cut it out Lou that's no way to dance what you mean that's no way of course it's dancing come on Lou or maybe you'd rather go clean out Greg's lizard cage you stupid [ __ ] hello hi what are you doing hi I was just reading my library book what are you doing oh I just rushed my hair it was so greasy I couldn't stand it did you find off Greg's coming to the party tonight no how am I supposed to do that I don't know call him up and ask him Bonnie don't you think that's kind of pushy especially since he doesn't want to go well but if you want to know yeah well he wouldn't even come into Lou's house this afternoon so what had to go home I don't think he had to go home then why didn't he come in I don't think he likes me he probably would have come in if we weren't there maybe he's just shy Laura Greg shy Bonnie he's got a lot of friends not a lot of girlfriends you're right no girlfriends but girls like him you like him so so call up Lou and find out what Greg's doing tonight Bonnie he's so you know could you call him for me I could call him disguise my voice do it okay and call me back and tell me what [Music] happened hello L hser speaking hello can you tell me if Greg Kelly is coming to the dance tonight I don't know but I'm going who is this anyhow it's uh the football coach why don't you know if Greg Kelly is coming to the dance all right ostrich I know you call him yourself cuz he won't talk to me I don't know what he's doing hello bad news he said he's not coming Bonnie did Lou say Greg's not coming no he said he doesn't know he said Greg won't even talk to him on the phone he said he doesn't know what Greg's doing tonight I was afraid of that I wonder what Greg really is going to do tonight should we call him nah let's just wait and see what happens I guess so do you want to sleep over after the party yeah that would be fun I'll ask my mom I'll never get it if I could dance good I'd go I wouldn't feel so stupid boy she think I was terrific if I could dance [Music] good get out of here you little Punk [Music] well here it goes [Music] she is with that creep they don't care if I'm dead or alive way it would serve her right hold it down boys and girls will you settle down please I have an announcement to make settle down please thank you uh we had some very bad news Greg Kelly who you all know uh was killed on the way to the dance no um I know you wouldn't want to continue this dance without him so why doesn't everybody pack up their things and we'll go home the dance is over so [Music] oh Bonnie I know he's not coming now oh he's still coming it's not too late if he was going to come he would have already come with Lou there we go than you hey coach can I serve serve hey Greg you don't want to serve listen there are a million girls out there now get out there and dance sure thanks coach hey Greg like that shirt nice [Music] fits [Music] creep okay she's alone [Music] it's now or [Music] never oh no the creep again [Music] [Music] all right just keep moving just keep moving don't stop [Music] now this is it I'm going to just walk up and ask uh Lura would you like to dance want dance hey Greg what you get here oh hi [Music] Grand self Incorporated was supported by a Consortium of 35 educational [Music] agencies this program was produced by NVA Northern Virginia Virginia educational telecommunications under the supervision of AIT Agency for instructional television

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