Jennifer on My Mind (1971)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Noel Black

Writers:

Erich Segal (writer)
Roger L. Simon (novel)

Release Date:

18 September 1972 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Two people... with too much of everything that money could buy... trying to love

Plot:

Marcus (Michael Brandon), a nice, rich, Jewish boy from New York, meets and falls in love with Jennifer (Tippy Walker)...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Flashback Sequence | America | Travel | New York City

Cast

Michael Brandon	...	Marcus
Tippy Walker	...	Jenny
Steve Vinovich	...	Ornstein
Lou Gilbert	...	Max
Chuck McCann	...	Sam
Peter Bonerz	...	Sergei
Renée Taylor	...	Selma
Bruce Kornbluth	...	Dolci
Robert De Niro	...	Mardigian
Michael McClanathan	...	Hell's Angel #1
Allan F. Nicholls	...	Hell's Angel #2 (as Allan Nicholls)
Ralph J. Pinto	...	Hell's Angel #3
Barry Bostwick	...	Nanki
Jeff Conaway	...	Hanki
Nick Lapadula	...	Motorcycle Cop

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Bernard Schwartz Productions

Trivia:

The original cut delivered to United Artists was longer, featuring Kim Hunter in the role of Jennifer's mother. This cut was ruled too arty (i.e. disastrous in the eyes of studio barons) so the film was re-cut to 90 minutes. Kim Hunter's role was completely cut.

Quotes:

Mardigian: [a taxi driver's confession to a customer] Hey, man, I'm pretty stoned. Do you wanna screw my sister or somethin'?

A general bummer of post-60s anomie

From the writer of LOVE STORY comes another somber slice of downbeat romance as a man looking for love gets mixed up with a selfish and free-spirited blond hippy-chick junkie. It starts with her already dead and we look back on how they met and her mental decline to the inevitable overdose on heroin. The guy hides her body in his piano and then his car trunk until he can figure out a way to get rid of it. There's potential here for some dark humor but it's never really exploited as the film stays on its tragic trajectory to an ending that at least does bring closure to the story. The film has a slow deliberate pace which makes this film really boring because who cares about these people, especially the girl. The best part was an early appearance by Robert De Niro as a high-strung gypsy taxi driver which is about as far removed from Travis Bickle as you can get. See it if you love obscure counterculture cinema of the late 60s/early 70s.