Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 (1973)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Joseph Jacoby

Writers:

David Wiltse (screenplay) and
Joseph Jacoby (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 November 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Printing Shop | Car | Bachelor | Broken Heart | Turning Thirty

Cast

John Lefkowitz	...	George Trapani
Linda De Coff	...	Jackie Tice (as Linda DeCoff)
Ronald Anton	...	Vince Trapani
Maureen Byrnes	...	Flo
Danny DeVito	...	Petey
David Kirk	...	Mr. Trapani
Frank P. Quinn	...	Mark Lossier (as Frank Quinn)
Selma Rogoff	...	Mrs. Trapani
George Welbes	...	Ken Harris
Steve Inwood	...	Tony
Faith Langford	...	Gypsy Girl / Bar Girl
Samantha Lynche	...	Audition Girl No. 1
Susan Peretz	...	Miss Walsh
Bob O'Connell	...	Bartender
Bill Nunnery	...	Gas Station Attendant

Also Known As:

I Am Waiting No More

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

AVCO Embassy Pictures

Trivia:

Film premiered March 1972 at the Forum Theatre located at 46th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. During the screening a bomb hoax was called in by a disgruntled crew member and the theatre had to be evacuated temporarily.

Doormat Protagonist Discovers Little Comfort Throughout Rambling Tale.

Although several threads coexist with the principal storyline during the course of this low-budgeted eccentric character study of a single Brooklyn man, George Trapani (John Lefkowitz), who works as a printer at his family's business, and who has never moved away from his parents' home to be on his own, the work nevertheless impresses as being from the Slice Of Life cinema genre, wherein nearly any of the episodic scenes may be eliminated without having even scant effect upon such normally significant plot elements as exposition, conflict and climax, each barely present in this film. George correctly believes that he is mired within a well-trodden relationship with scatterbrain Flo (Maureen Byrnes), a waitress, and is highly frustrated with the quotidian nature of his existence. The choppily rhythmed picture portrays his clumsy attempts to alter a lifestyle that he increasingly dislikes as his thirtieth birthday approaches; however, it becomes increasingly obvious that a drastically naive George may indeed lack any sort of ability required for adaptation to a higher than jejune mode of living. Filmed largely in New York City, this piece revolves the daily activities of commonplace metropolitan area citizenry, and benefits from a good deal of cogently naturalistic dialogue in addition to some inventive camera-work contributed by Burleigh Wartes. It is the only credited film for Lefkowitz, portraying a man who rebels against his drab lot, while a majority of the other principal players show but few roles in their portfolios. Frank Quinn wins the acting honours as a sleazy film producer. The film has been re-released upon a Hollywood Entertainment DVD, retitled HURRY UP, OR I'LL BE THIRTY, that is rather shabby in the technical sense, and its cover is primarily taken up by the close-up visage and name of Danny DeVito, plainly a marketing strategy since his part is of only middling importance for the scenario.