|
The Grasshopper (1969)Wide-eyed nineteen year old Christine Adams decides on a whim to leave her broken family life in small town British Columbia to move to Los Angeles to be with her boyfriend Eddie Molina, ... See full summary » Director:Jerry Paris |
| 0Share... |
Share this Rating
Title: The Grasshopper (1969)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Photos
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jacqueline Bisset | ... |
Christine Adams
|
|
| Jim Brown | ... |
Tommy Marcott
|
|
| Joseph Cotten | ... |
Richard Morgan
|
|
 |
Corbett Monica | ... |
Danny Raymond
|
| Christopher Stone | ... |
Jay Rigney
|
|
|
|
Ramon Bieri | ... |
Roosevelt Dekker
|
|
|
Ed Flanders | ... |
Jack Benton
|
| William Callaway | ... |
Elroy
(as Bill Calloway)
|
|
|
|
Roger Garrett | ... |
Buck Brown
|
|
|
Therese Baldwin | ... |
Gigi
|
| William Bassett | ... |
Aaron
(as William H. Bassett)
|
|
|
|
Kathalynn Turner | ... |
Ann Marie Dekker
|
|
|
Stefanianna Christopherson | ... |
Libby
|
|
|
Marc Hannibal | ... |
Marion Walters
|
|
|
David Ketchum | ... |
Football Conventioner
|
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
Wide-eyed nineteen year old Christine Adams decides on a whim to leave her broken family life in small town British Columbia to move to Los Angeles to be with her boyfriend Eddie Molina, who doesn't know she's coming. Christine hopes to start a family with Eddie immediately. But Christine finds that she is restless in her life with Eddie and moves on. From move to move which are always done on a whim, Christine has a similar restless attitude, always dreaming of something better. But she has no real marketable job skills - although she is always thinking about continuing with her schooling in some trade to make a better life for herself - or sense of what working in a traditional type job means. She is able to get by on her looks, which lands her a job as a Las Vegas showgirl. She also goes in and out of relationships - including with Vegas comic Danny Raymond, ex-football player Tommy Marcott who too is trying to find his meaningful niche in life, older businessman Richard Morgan who... Written by Huggo
Taglines:
The grasshopper perched first one place, then another...wherever she happened to land. And then she moved on... See more »Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 February 1971 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
Passions See more »Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
This film may have been dismissed as a showcase for Jacqueline Bisset's beauty when it was initially released, but viewing it thirty-two years later reveals not only that directors should have recognized Bisset's brilliant performance and given her the type of film career which Julia Roberts has had, but also it dared to present the issues of interracial marriage and homosexuality as simple facts of life without any intentional shock value.
In a time when films had presented gay and lesbian characters as victims and victimizers, Christine's gay friend Buck (Roger Garrett) is her joyful sidekick who is accepted by his coworkers, at least until a friend's little boy reveals what his mother says when Buck is not around, to which Buck replies with a rebuttal which is sensitive to the child but conveys his true feelings to the mother.
Speaking of Julia Roberts, The Grasshopper was written by Garry Marshall, who went on to direct Roberts in Pretty Woman. While Pretty Woman was justly criticized for its message to girls that if they run away to Hollywood and become a hooker they will find the man of their dreams, The Grasshopper is a realistic portrayal of how women who gamble on financial security provided by men can ultimately suffer severe consequences.