Taking Off (1971)

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone... See full summary »

Director:

Milos Forman

Writers:

Milos Forman, John Guare,

Stars:

Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel

Nominated for 6 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lynn Carlin	...	Lynn Tyne
Buck Henry	...	Larry Tyne
Georgia Engel	...	Margot
Tony Harvey	...	Tony
Audra Lindley	...	Ann Lockston
Paul Benedict	...	Ben Lockston
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Schiavelli
David Gittler	...	Jamie
Ike Turner	...	Himself (as The Ike and Tina Turner Revue)
Tina Turner	...	Herself (as The Ike and Tina Turner Revue)
Linnea Heacock	...	Jeannie Tyne
Rae Allen	...	Mrs. Divito
Frank Berle	...	Committee Man
Philip Bruns	...	Policeman (as Phillip Bruns)
Gail Busman	...	Nancy Lockston

Storyline

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.

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Plot Keywords:

runaway teen | public interest group | lawyer | cannabis | defy authority | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1971 (France)

Also Known As:

Elszakadás

Filming Locations:

Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crown-Hausman, Forman Production, Renn Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kathy Bates' film debut. She is credited as Bobo Bates.

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Connections

Referenced in Sneak Previews: Taxi Driver/The Man Who Would Be King/Hester Street/The Story of Adele H. (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Love"
Composed by Nina Hart
Performed by Nina Hart (uncredited)
Golden Baugh Productions Ltd.

User Reviews

Funny look at the American way of life

This is the first Milos Forman's movie in America. It's still got the European style, a very special way to describe the story. Bourgeois parents tries to find why their quiet teenage girl ran away from home. It's a story about the gap of generation, between the straight parents and the hippies children. Forman present a funny and tender look at the youth of America of the early seventies. While the teenage girl is very gentle and quiet, the parents, who are afraid she will take drugs, get drunk and plays strip poker. The movie is now a little bit of a kind of oldie film! Just a take a look at all those typical seventies long hairs boys and girls, the way they dressed. Kinda funny, like seeing teenagers in a Doris Day movie of the fifties. There are lot of very funny sequences of the young girls singing at an audition for a show. We can see young Carly Simon in it. There is also a sequence with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. I like it, even if it's a little bit old today. It's strange to say that, because I was a teenager myself when this film was shot by Forman.