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Writers:
David Benedictus (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
31 July 1967 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Wow - It's the Wildest! more
Plot:
Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 nominations more
User Comments:
Seen it 50 times and it's always as good as the 1st time more (16 total)

Cast

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Elizabeth Hartman ... Barbara Darling

Geraldine Page ... Margery Chanticleer

Peter Kastner ... Bernard Chanticleer

Rip Torn ... I. H. Chanticleer
Michael Dunn ... Richard Mudd
Tony Bill ... Raef del Grado

Julie Harris ... Miss Nora Thing
Karen Black ... Amy Partlett
Dolph Sweet ... Patrolman Francis Graf
Michael O'Sullivan ... Kurt Dougherty The Albino Hypnotherpist
Ronald Colby ... Barbara's Stage Play Crew (as Ron Colby)
Rufus Harley ... Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Frank Simpson ... Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Nina Varela ... Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Len De Carl ... Barbara's Stage Play Crew
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film shows the final portion of old Pennsylvania Station being demolished. Peter Kastner roller skates down 7th Avenue, right past the partially demolished 7th Ave. facade while the new Madison Square Garden tower rises in the background. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Albino therapist's skin coloring was as tanned as that of non-albino patient Barbara Darling; real albinos lack pigmentation, resulting in flesh that looks nearly white. more
Quotes:
[Barbara takes a cigarette out of Bernard's mouth]
Barbara Darling: You like those coffin nails too much. Better watch out. Better not cough.
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Movie Connections:
References Hawaii (1966) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Seen it 50 times and it's always as good as the 1st time, 20 June 2007
10/10
Author: joeykulkin71 from United States

I remember the day I bought the movie for $2 in Bennington, Vermont. I was in a bad mood that day. I read on the back of the VHS box how this was FFC's master's thesis at UCLA and thought that it could be a cool viewing. I watched it later that day and it changed my mood to great, and it became my favorite movie.

Some of the sequences and lines and maddeningly dizzy and dizzyingly mad. The names and objects and places Bernard gives to initials is wonderful. Barbara Darling dancing up in that cage in the underground club! The music (Darling Be Home Soon is a masterpiece)! The cinematography! The deliverance of sexy lines! (Hair?! You collect, hair!?"). Del Grado's poetic musings on life (funny where they got him ...). The views of 1966 New York City, pre-World Trade Center.

I've seen it about 50 times always trying to figure out the theme, and I still haven't come up with one, although, Bernard goes from a milk-spilling virgin to a maturing lad who finally opens his eyes to life and stops spilling milk.

That $2 VHS copy is gone. I wish I could find another copy, or, one on DVD.

It's the most dizzy, maddeningly wonderful sexy piece or cinema I've seen, or ever will experience.

So is there a way to find love with a woman like Amy Partlett with streaks of Barbara Darling that run through her veins? (And no, I don't collect hair, and stopped spilling milk years ago).

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