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Overview
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Writer:
Herman Raucher (writer)
Release Date:
9 April 1971 (USA)
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Tagline:
In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42" more
Plot:
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing a contradictorily innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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10 nominations
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Captivating - beyond my expectations
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Jennifer O'Neill | ... | Dorothy |
| Gary Grimes | ... | Hermie |
| Jerry Houser | ... | Oscy |
| Oliver Conant | ... | Benjie |
| Katherine Allentuck | ... | Aggie |
| Christopher Norris | ... | Miriam |
| Lou Frizzell | ... | Druggist |
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG (re-rating) (1972) |
USA:R (original rating) (1971) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:Btl
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During an interview on "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961), Herman Raucher said that after the novel and movie were released, several women wrote letters to him claiming to be Dorothy. One of the letters was indeed from the real Dorothy, who wanted to know if she had psychologically damaged Raucher, and also informed him that had been happily remarried and was now a grandmother. It was the last time that Raucher, by that time married with children, heard from Dorothy.
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Continuity: While waiting outside the drugstore, Hermie's breath can be seen, although it's supposed to be the middle of summer.
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Referenced in "The Facts of Life: The Summer of '84 (#6.1)" (1984)
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Soundtrack:
Theme from Summer of '42
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This movie captivated me beyond my expectations. Not being a movie-goer or a TV-watcher, I had not yet seen (or read about) the movie, its excerpts, the original book, or the cast, although I had heard references to the summer of '42. After an intense work week, I had tuned into the PBS channel on TV to watch 30 minutes of a business news program, at the end of which, PBS showed that "The Summer of '42" was next. I thought of watching it only for a few minutes - not really being interested in seeing a story from 62 years ago in a movie made 33 years ago. PBS played the movie without a break, and I sat through all of it - totally captivated. I don't think I can explain the reasons with a typical technical analysis. I think it held me in a trance, because it reflected my own coming of age. Even though I grew up in a different era, country, culture and society, there were many parallels to the drugstore episode, the furtive readings of the book, the carrying of the grocery bags, the storing away of the boxes, and the attempted "fooling around" inside the movie theater.
I like a production (movie; theater; music) that reflects the reality one experiences in life. This movie was one of those rare productions. I felt it was quite artistic in its balance - the way it assimilated simple elements from everyday living, with a simple, but enchanting, musical score. The movie did not need any dazzling stage effects - Jennifer O'Neill was enough; and, even in her, the art and beauty was in her being so natural.
In the end, I felt good about spending the time to see the movie.