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Director:
Paul Mazursky
Writer:
Paul Mazursky (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 February 1974 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
There's no such thing as a perfect marriage. more
Plot:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Probably Mazursky's best more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Segal ... Stephen Blume
Susan Anspach ... Nina Blume

Kris Kristofferson ... Elmo Cole
Marsha Mason ... Arlene

Shelley Winters ... Mrs. Cramer
Donald F. Muhich ... Analyst
Paul Mazursky ... Hellman
Erin O'Reilly ... Cindy
Annazette Chase ... Gloria

Shelley Morrison ... Mrs. Greco
Mary Jackson ... Louise
Ed Peck ... Ed Goober

Jo Morrow ... Bar Hostess
Gigi Ballista ... Older Man
Ian Linhart ... Young Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The title of the movie is a word play on "Love in Bloom" which was a hit song for Bing Crosby in 1934 and which later became Jack Benny's theme song. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Settle Down And Get Along more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Probably Mazursky's best, 17 April 2005
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Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

Paul Mazursky gave us three fine films: Blume in Love, Harry & Tonto and Moscow On the Hudson, and a host of lesser works that we can still enjoy. I can't think of many American directors of the last half-century with a record like his. Blume In Love is obviously influenced by Truffaut's Jules and Jim, but is funnier, faster and not indebted to literary models as Truffaut's film was.

The triangle of Blume, Nina and Elmo works so well because of Kris Kristofferson's easy charm and rock star charisma. The story would have foundered on Blume's obsessiveness and Nina's Puritan desire to do good ("I haven't done much for the farmworkers, but I boycott the supermarkets") had Elmo not been around to keep things light. The story he tells of the bust in Franklin, Tenn. is wonderfully funny, although a little scary, and the trio's singing Chester the Goat is a delight.

I became a George Segal fan when I first saw this movie, and I can't help but lament the lack of intelligence and depth in today's actors when I see what he does with this difficult character. Marsha Mason is his equal in talent, playing Arlene, Blume's vulnerable lover who knows her days are numbered. The smaller roles are ably filled, particularly Shelley Winters as the woman whose husband left her.

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