When Does "Licorice Pizza" (2021) Take Place?
"Licorice Pizza" is a romantic-comedy historical fiction film written by Paul Thomas Anderson that released November 26th, 2021.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the famous Arab-controlled countries oil embargo is depicted as a background event partway through and it occurred on October 20th, 1973 AD.
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1973 AD
We know this because the famous Arab-controlled countries oil embargo is depicted as a background event partway through and it occurred on October 20th, 1973 AD.
The embargo even affects the plot as the shortage of oil leads to a shortage of plastic affecting a characters' small business.