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Director:

Sydney Pollack

Writers:

Shana Alexander (article)
Stirling Silliphant (writer)
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Release Date:

28 March 1966 (Sweden) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(4 articles)

Sydney Pollack Dies at 73
 (From IMDb News. 27 May 2008, 4:12 AM, PDT)

Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73
 (From digitalspy. 27 May 2008, 1:39 AM, PDT)

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Anne Bancroft, RIP more (23 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sidney Poitier ... Alan Newell

Anne Bancroft ... Inga Dyson

Telly Savalas ... Dr. Joe Coburn
Steven Hill ... Mark Dyson

Edward Asner ... Det. Judd Ridley
Indus Arthur ... Marian
Paul Newlan ... Sgt. Harry Ward

Dabney Coleman ... Charlie

H.M. Wynant ... Doctor Morris (as H. N. Wynant)
Robert F. Hoy ... Patrolman Steve Peters (as Robert Hoy)
Greg Jarvis ... Christopher 'Chris' Dyson
Jason Wingreen ... Medical technician
Marjorie Nelson ... Mrs. Thomas

Steven Marlo ... Arthur Foss
Thomas Hill ... Liquor salesman
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Additional Details

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Sydney Pollack's directorial debut. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: After Inga attempts suicide by drowning herself in the bay, she arrives at hospital with perfectly styled hair. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Three Days of the Condor (1975) more


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Anne Bancroft, RIP, 2 December 2005
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

I believe that this was Sydney Pollack's directorial debut. If so, then he certainly gave an interesting insight into his future work. Seattle college student Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier) is working at a crisis hotline center when he gets a call from housewife Inge Dyson (Anne Bancroft), who is reaching the breaking point. Because they can't see each other, it gives the movie a real sense of tension, as implied by the title - even if it drags a little bit at times.

A previous reviewer said that Poitier plays his usual role: a morally superior black man in a white-dominated society. That's partly true, but here, he has a job that anyone could have, and his race doesn't really matter (although as the reviewer noted, they could have been subtly talking about race). As for Anne Bancroft, her death six months ago brings her filmography to mind. This may have not been her most famous role, but I would recommend it.

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