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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   791 votes
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Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Writers:
John Nichols (novel) and
Alvin Sargent (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 October 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
First love is beautiful hurt....if it happens to you once, you're lucky.
Plot:
Two students from neighboring colleges in upstate New York are swept up in a tragic romantic interlude... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Movie brings back childhood memories more

Cast

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Liza Minnelli ... 'Pookie' (Mary Ann) Adams

Wendell Burton ... Jerry Payne
Tim McIntire ... Charlie Schumacher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pookie (UK)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG (re-rating) (1972) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:M (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Clinton, New York, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the original novel, the story takes place over three years. This was shortened to a single school year for the movie. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In Pookie's written rants against the weirdos of the world, the word is always spelled "wierdo." more
Quotes:
'Pookie' Adams: Some people guzzle God like He was a keg of beer. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "L.A. Law: The Unsterile Cuckoo (#4.1)" (1989) more
Soundtrack:
Come Saturday Morning more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Movie brings back childhood memories, 22 February 2005
7/10
Author: maryomal from United States

This movie was filmed close to my hometown and even though I was only 5 years old when it was being filmed, I remember it vividly since it was a huge deal for a town of only 10,000 people in upstate NY. The girl who used to babysit me had gone to watch the some of the filming and had taken pictures of Liza Minelli and her little Volkswagon Beetle that was used in the film. Now as an adult who has moved to an entirely different part of the country from where I was raised, I love to catch this movie on a Saturday afternoon and just take note of the locations in the film, particularly that scene where Jerry and Pookie rent a cabin by a lake. The movie and its soundtrack always brings back a strong sense of nostalgia and that secure feeling one always has in one's childhood and the simplicity of life as a child.

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