Making It (film)

Making It is a 1971 dramedy directed by John Erman and written by Peter Bart and James Leigh. It stars Kristoffer Tabori, Bob Balaban, Lawrence Pressman, Joyce Van Patten, Marlyn Mason, and a number of character actors familiar to TV audiences of the 1970s. Adapted from Leighs novel What Can You Do?, the movie follows several months in the life of an intelligent, precocious 17yearold high school student who fancies himself a smooth Lothario.

Phil seems to sail through life not taking his actions seriously until the repercussions of his actions begin to hit home. First, the classmate he deflowered tells him that she might be pregnant. While the girl wants to get married, Phil convinces her mother Louise Lasser, who also tried to seduce him, that her daughter should get an abortion instead. Next, he finds out that the gym teachers wife, who has a phobia about growing old, told her husband about the affair after Phil dumps her. Then the coach defends his wifes honor by strong arming Phil into a deserted weight room and kneeing him in the crotch.After arranging an illegal abortion for his pregnant girlfriend, he finds out that she is not pregnant but his mother is. Since her fianc has been killed in an auto accident, she decides to get an abortion. Phil uses the money he had gotten for his girlfriend and brings his mother to the doctor instead. The doctor assumes that Phil is responsible for the pregnancy. Full of scorn and wanting to teach Phil a lesson, he forces Phil to assist in the abortion. On the drive home afterward, Phils mother sees that this episode has rendered him less cocky and more mature and responsible. ........

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