The Picasso Summer (1969)

Directors:

Serge Bourguignon
Robert Sallin

Writers:

Edwin Boyd (writer)
Ray Bradbury (story)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

Cast

Albert Finney	...	George Smith
Yvette Mimieux	...	Alice Smith
Luis Miguel Dominguín	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Connell
Georgina Cookson
Bee Duffell	...	German woman tourist
Marty Ingels
Miki Iveria
Tutte Lemkow
Peter Madden
Theodore Marcuse		(as Theo Marcuse)
Kay Reynolds
Stephen Scott
Graham Stark	...	Postman

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Trivia:

Never released to American theaters; its only showings have been on television. In the original unseen cut, Serge Bourguignon was credited as director. In the television version, Robert Sallin is credited as director. The film played frequently on Bravo in the mid 1990s.

The best way to understand Picasso's paintings

This is the one thing that explained Picasso's paintings to me, when I just happened to see it on television many years ago.The long animated sequences extending the paintings are quite wonderful;they not only interpret the paintings but also show you why Picasso painted certain things the way he did - face extortions for example. All art students should be shown this film! It's also great for children. Whether the story surrounding the animations is any good I can't remember, but that's almost irrelevant! I have been searching for a copy of this film on video or DVD ever since these media became possible.But it just doesn't seem to be available. I can't understand why the film it is not shown on TV whenever there is a Picasso festival or exhibition.Can anyone tell me how I can get a copy of it?