Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Director:

John Cassavetes

Writer:

John Cassavetes

Release Date:

21 July 1972 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.

Plot Keywords:

Break Up | Museum | Shaving | Blind Date | Los Angeles California

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Gena Rowlands	...	Minnie Moore
Seymour Cassel	...	Seymour Moskowitz
Val Avery	...	Zelmo Swift
Timothy Carey	...	Morgan Morgan (as Tim Carey)
Katherine Cassavetes	...	Sheba Moskowitz
Elizabeth Deering	...	Girl
Elsie Ames	...	Florence
Lady Rowlands	...	Georgia Moore
Holly Near	...	Irish
Judith Roberts	...	Wife
Jack Danskin	...	Dick Henderson
Eleanor Zee	...	Mrs. Grass
Santos Morales
Kathleen O'Malley
Jimmy Joyce
Chuck Wells
Sean Joyce	...	Ned
David Rowlands	...	Minister
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Brown	...	Husband (uncredited)
John Cassavetes	...	Jim (uncredited)
Xan Cassavetes	...	Young Girl in Ballet Tutu (uncredited)
Zoe R. Cassavetes	...	Baby Girl (uncredited)
Roberta Collins	...	Countergirl at Pink's Hot Dogs (uncredited)
Darlene Conley	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
John Cassavetes

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Cassavetes

Produced by
Paul Donnelly	....	associate producer
Al Ruban	....	producer

Cinematography by
Alric Edens
Michael D. Margulies		(as Michael Margulies)
Arthur J. Ornitz

Film Editing by
Frederic L. Knudtson		(as Fred Knudtson)

Costume Design by
Helen Colvig

Production Management
Robert Heffernan	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Donnelly	....	assistant director
Louis A. Stroller	....	assistant director: New York (as Lou Stroller)

Art Department
Victor E. Petrotta Sr.	....	propmaster (as Victor F. Petrotta Sr.)

Sound Department
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.	....	sound (as M.M. Metcalfe Sr.)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lou Barlia	....	camera operator: New York
Norman Neil Cassaday	....	gaffer
Charles Correll	....	first assistant camera (as Charles J. Correll)
Lou Farkas	....	first assistant camera: New York
Thomas Laughridge	....	camera operator (as Thomas O. Laughridge)
Donald E. Thorin	....	camera operator (as Don Thorin)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jules Melillo	....	costumer (as Jules M. Melillo)

Music Department
Bo Harwood	....	musical supervisor

Other crew
Elaine Goren	....	assistant to producer
Dalonne Jackson	....	script supervisor
James Joyce	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1972) (France) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Bitters End
• Universal Studios Home Video (DVD)

Other Companies

• Todd-AO Studios  sound (as Todd-A.O.)
• Universal Title  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The film is something of a family affair with John Cassavetes directing his wife, Gena Rowlands, his mother, Katherine Cassavetes, his brother in law, David Rowlands and with several of his children as extras.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Moskowitz is carrying Minnie in the living room, she has a lit cigarette in her hand. After he carries her upstairs to her bedroom and puts her down on the bed, she has no cigarette in her hand.

Quotes:

Zelmo Swift:[to Minnie] You know, you're tall and lovely. How tall and lovely are you?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Edge of Outside (2006)

all they need is love

real love. true love. mad love. beautiful love. ugly love. dirty love. sad love. happy love. silly love. smart love. gorgeous love. dumb love. love love love. minnie moore understands that what she really needs is a man who trust her, trust her and love her madly. of course when this man comes along... she tries to run away but seymour, wonderful seymour, he trusts her, he believes in her so he is going to fight for her against her. i want to be like seymour moskowitz. i want to be that kind of man. a man willing to love without been afraid to fail but willing to fail. that's a kind of hero. that's my kind of hero... and minnie moore is my kind of woman. long live cassavetes and all his lovely bunch!