You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

David Benedictus (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (written for the screen by)

Release Date:

31 July 1967 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Wow - It's the Wildest!

Plot:

Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.

Plot Keywords:

New York City | New York | Love | Cult Film | Library

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 nominations

Cast

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
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
Emily	...	Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vincent Price	...	Nicholas Medina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Walters	...	Commerce Street BG (uncredited)

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola

Writing credits
David Benedictus		(novel)
Francis Ford Coppola		(written for the screen by)

Produced by
Phil Feldman	....	producer

Original Music by
Robert Prince

Cinematography by
Andrew Laszlo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Aram Avakian

Casting by
Bernie Styles		(as Bernard B. Styles)

Art Direction by
Vassilis Photopoulos		(as Vassele Fotopoulos)

Set Decoration by
Marvin March

Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge

Makeup Department
Phil Naso	....	hair stylist (as Philip Naso)
Robert Phillipe	....	makeup artist (as Bob Philippe)

Production Management
David Golden	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larry Sturhahn	....	assistant director

Art Department
Stanley Cappiello	....	scenic artist (as Stan Capiello)

Sound Department
Jean Bagley	....	sound editor
Jack C. Jacobsen	....	sound mixer (as Jack Jacobsen)
Sanford Rackow	....	sound editor
Dick Vorisek	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Weiner	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Marc Laub	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jack Lewis	....	musical supervisor
The Lovin' Spoonful	....	music performers
Arthur Schroeck	....	conductor
Arthur Schroeck	....	musical arranger
John Sebastian	....	composer: songs (as John B. Sebastian)

Other crew
B.J. Bjorkman	....	script supervisor
Robert Tucker	....	choreographer: Miss Hartman

Thanks
John V. Lindsay	....	grateful appreciation: for the cooperation of

Production Companies

• Seven Arts Productions

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Other Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP)  grateful appreciation: for the excerpts from Dementia 13 and The Pit and the Pendulum
• City of New York, The  grateful appreciation: for the cooperation of
• New York Public Library  grateful appreciation: for the cooperation of (as The New York Public Library)
• The Lovin' Spoonful  group composer credit

Also Known As:

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Germany:12 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Seven Arts Productions

Trivia:

The film was Francis Ford Coppola's $800,000 master's thesis at U.C.L.A film school in 1966.

Goofs:

Continuity: The fleet number on the bus that Amy Partlett boards changes from #3528 to #6813.

Quotes:

[Raef recites a poem of his]
Raef Del Grado:Oh, don't you think it's very odd, That we should kneel and pray to god, When by all accounts, we might, Send our problems up by kite!

Movie Connections:

References Father Goose (1964)

Every review here -good and bad-is right!

This movie is flawed,frustrating and...fun. What energy! What a supporting cast! What a cool score from the Lovin' Spoonful(not just "songs by")! But,yes,it is bizarre,especially for a mainstream film. It's bizarre in the way that "Harold & Maude" is bizarre. And if you think that H&M works,give this a chance.

I just emailed TCM to think about doing a 1968 retrospective,as they are doing for 1939. I'm not saying that the films of 1968 were more important that 1939,but'68 is the pivotal (post WWII)year for America. Movies,films,even TV was changing and in some ways we're still trying to figure out what happened. "Big Boy" was the coming of age movie that never got its due while hundreds of thousands of Babyboomers were indeed coming of age.