From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Fielder Cook

Writers:

Blanche Hanalis (writer)
E.L. Konigsburg (novel)

Genre:

Family | Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. |

Plot Keywords:

Museum | Brother | New York | Hide Out | Brother Sister Relationship

Cast

Ingrid Bergman	...	Mrs. Frankweiler
Sally Prager	...	Claudia Kincaid
Johnny Doran	...	Jamie Kincaid
George Rose	...	Saxonburg
Georgann Johnson	...	Mrs. Kincaid
Richard Mulligan	...	Mr. Kincaid
Madeline Kahn	...	Schoolteacher
Bruce Conover	...	Kevin Kincaid
Mike Hammett	...	Brucie
Donald Symington	...	Museum Director
Linda Selman	...	Museum Secretary
Peter Turgeon	...	Counterman
Robert Packer	...	2nd Guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Coe	...	Museum Janitor
Josip Elic	...	Workman
Brendan Fay	...	Guard
John Gerstad	...	Guard
Bruce Kornbluth	...	Taxi Driver
Tom Kubiak	...	Workman
Frank Leo	...	Guard
Lary Spinelli	...	Guard

Also Known As:

The Hideaways (UK)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Madison, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Cinema 5

Quotes:

Claudia: I wanted to be different. I wanted to be different.
Mrs. Frankweiler: And did running away from home made you different?
Claudia: No.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Anyone else still drink chocolate Alka Seltzers???

I have to disagree with the posters who didn't like the film because it "isn't believable". My question to them is... Who would believe that a pregnant woman could live in a Wal-Mart or that a movie ticket can bring an action star out of the silver screen. It's a delightful little movie that I would watch over and over and over again either by myself or with the kids. It says something about the perseverance of and dedication of siblings, I only hope that my own children feel like that about their siblings... I haven't read the book yet, but am going to now that I know there is one. I have to be honest here... I was a preteen when I first saw this movie and I can remember going into my mother's medicine cabinet and taking some of her Alka Seltzer just to try it with chocolate sauce... After growing and having kids of my own... I STILL have one every once in a while! Still trying to find this move on DVD or VHS so we can have a copy here at home.