SARAH T . . . pORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC

Linda Blair, Verna Bloom, William Daniels

Universal Pictures; Directed by Richard Donner

Not Rated; 97 minutes; 1975

Sarah Travis (Linda Blair), a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, begins drinking secretly when she has difficulty adjusting to a new neighborhood, a new school, and life with her mother and stepfather after her parents are divorced. This taut drama examines the increasing incidence of alcoholism among teenagers.