I saw this on TV when I was 6 or 7, I never forgot it and it haunted me for years until I was finally able to track it down thanks to search engines about 3 years ago. I thought this film was made in the 1950's, and that made it harder to find. All I could remember is it was about a fraternity and something about eagles, and I remember it being really depressing. It's funny how as a child things get filtered differently and what you remember is not necessarily accurate. When I re-watched it as an adult, I found it to be a fairly upbeat film with a real downbeat ending.
This is a very 1970's film, it is set in the 1950's, and while it isn't a bad period film, as a child I thought it was made in the 1950's, as an adult, I see the markings of a 1970's film.
The film is very well-made overall, and if it did not say this was student film, I likely would never have known. I see why it was picked up for distribution. The acting is good, it is well-scripted, filmed, and directed. It's not gonna blow your mind, but it has some likeable and not likeable characters, and is, for the time, decently realistic.
I am glad I tracked this film down, and if you like films about fraternities, I would rank this as one of the better ones. It is a solid drama with some comedy here and there, it is a good solid effort, and not many movies I watched on a Sunday afternoon stuck with me, but this is one of them.
God Bless ~Amy
