The Paper Chase, the classic 1973 James Bridges Harvard Law School lawyer legal teaching melodrama ("The Graduate Goodbye Columbus Summer of '42 The Last Picture Show"; "Every so often there's a movie that people relate to in a special kind of way"; "Every so often there's a movie that people relate to in a special kind of way. The Paper Chase is such a movie."; "You may be looking at a future President, Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State or a dropout."; "Based upon the novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr."; about the difficulties students face trying to make it through the impossibly hard Harvard Law School, and a stern teacher who cuts them no slack).