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Director:
Alan Arkin
Writers:
Jules Feiffer (play)
Jules Feiffer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 February 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A girl brings home her latest boyfriend to meet her parents. This is done against the background of... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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(3 articles)
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Pitch-perfect black comedy more (35 total)

Cast

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Elliott Gould ... Alfred Chamberlain
Marcia Rodd ... Patsy Newquist
Vincent Gardenia ... Mr. Newquist
Elizabeth Wilson ... Mrs. Newquist
Jon Korkes ... Kenny Newquist

John Randolph ... Mr. Chamberlain

Doris Roberts ... Mrs. Chamberlain
Lou Jacobi ... Judge Stern

Donald Sutherland ... Rev. Dupas

Alan Arkin ... Lt. Practice
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #22727) | Sweden:15 | USA:R (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Kiamesha Lake, New York, USA
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Trivia:
Star Elliott Gould starred in the original 1967 Broadway production of "Little Murders", which flopped after one week of seven performances in late April at the Broadhurst Theatre. Gould was the only cast member to appear in the film, reprising his role as Alfred Chamberlain. The Broadway cast included Barbara Cook as Alfred's girlfriend and future wife Patsy Newquist, Heywood Hale Broun as her father Carol Newquist, Ruth White as her mother Marjorie, and David Steinberg as her brother Kenny. Phil Leeds appeared as Lt. Practice and Richard Schaal was Rev. Dupas. Alfred's parents did not appear as characters in the original play. more
Quotes:
Patsy Newquist: Alfred, you're the first man I've ever gone to bed with where I didn't feel he was a lot more likely to get pregnant than I was! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Rip Van Marlowe (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
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Pitch-perfect black comedy, 27 July 2001
10/10
Author: craigjclark from Haddonfield, NJ

It doesn't get any darker than this, folks. Jules Feiffer shows off his penchant for absurdity and his mastery of the monologue (Lou Jacobi, Donald Sutherland and director Alan Arkin each get one powerhouse scene where it's basically all them with the other characters reacting). The cast is excellent and their handling of Feiffer's language is amazing. Elliot Gould's performance is particularly effective, and Vincent Gardenia as his father-in-law is hysterical.

I saw this film and then read the play it was based on, and both give off the same claustrophobic air of desperation while still being side-splittingly funny. It is definitely worth hunting down. In the words of Father Dupas, it is "all right."

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