''Berkeley'' is a 2005 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

by Bobby Roth filmed in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...

. It stars

Nick Roth Nicholas Tobin Roth (born April 24, 1985) is an American screenwriter and actor. He is the son of film and television director, Bobby Roth. Early life Roth was born in 1985 and grew up in Los Angeles to parents in the film industry (his father ...

, Laura Jordan, and

Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945), is an American actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series ''Happy Days'', Winkler has ...

Synopsis

In 1968, an

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

student at

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...

named Ben avoids the draft and enjoys sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll while protesting against the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

with his friends.

Cast

as Ben Sweet *

as Sy Sweet, Ben's father * Laura Jordan as Sadie * Bonnie Bedelia as Professor Hawkins

References

External links

* * 2005 films 2005 drama films Berkeley, California in fiction Films directed by Bobby Roth American drama films Films set in California Films scored by Christopher Franke 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-drama-film-stub