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6.4/10   519 votes
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Writers:
David Benedictus (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (writer)
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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:
An Intriguing But Spotty Coming of Age Film more

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 was Francis Ford Coppola's $800,000 master's thesis at U.C.L.A film school in 1966. 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:
[A repeated expression of his]
I. H. Chanticleer: Whammo!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003) more

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An Intriguing But Spotty Coming of Age Film, 17 August 1999
7/10
Author: Kirasjeri from Brooklyn NY

A coming of age film centering on a young man's longings and fantasies for his dream girl whom he sees in the New York Public Library's main branch. This comedy-drama is so spotty it is often infuriating but still worth seeing. The lead, Peter Kastner, is forgettable, but his father played by Rip Torn, head of incunabula (see the movie and find out what it is!) at the library, is hilarious; the fight scene with Julie Harris is marvelous. The opening scenes show the behind the scenes goings on at the great library and even where all the books are stored, which the public can't see. Karen Black did a fine and affecting job as Kastner's girlfriend. On the negative side is the lovely Elizabeth Hartman coming off her big success in "A Patch of Blue" with Sidney Poitier. She is supposed to be the cool and detached object of longing - but is as vapid and empty as any character could be, and in part this has to be the fault of the direction of Coppola. This is a significant problem with the film. Hartman was very tragically an apparent suicide in 1987. The movie does have enough in it warrant a viewing.

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