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Overview

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Director:
Sydney Pollack
Writers:
Alvin Sargent (screenplay) and
Erich Maria Remarque (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 November 1977 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
He had to meet her - to find himself!
Plot:
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill. more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
A truly great film more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Al Pacino ... Bobby

Marthe Keller ... Lillian
Anny Duperey ... Lydia
Walter McGinn ... The Brother
Romolo Valli ... Uncle Luigi
Stephan Meldegg ... Karl Holtzmann
Jaime Sánchez ... Delvecchio (as Jaime Sanchez)
Norm Nielsen ... The Magician
Mickey Knox ... Tourist
Dorothy James ... Tourist
Guido Alberti ... Priest In The Garden
Monique Lejeune ... Catherine Modave
Steve Gadler ... Bertrand Modave
Van Doude ... The Flutist
Aurora Maris ... Woman In The Gas Station
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Heaven Has No Favorites (Australia)
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Runtime:
124 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Dolby Digital (DVD version)
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (Approved No. 24936) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:L

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The wristwatch Al Pacino wears through the entire film is a white Seiko automatic chronograph, model 6139-7100. more
Quotes:
Lillian Morelli: You're such a turtle!
Bobby Deerfield: Turtle?
[she nods]
Bobby Deerfield: Nobody's ever called me that before. A turtle.
Lillian Morelli: Perhaps you are the world's fastest turtle, but just the same, you are a ...
Lillian Morelli, Bobby Deerfield: turtle!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Sydney Pollack (#2.4)" (????) more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A truly great film, 18 June 2002
Author: Gary

Charming, if slightly patronizing 70's drama. Superb direction. Subtle and understated script. Pacino at his most gorgeous. Howlingly funny, despite it's tragic subject matter. A memorable ending, brilliantly realised. I'd forgotten about the "look, it's Bobby Deerfield" scene as well as all that stuff about salami. Pacino's reactions, especially after first dropping off Marthe Keller at her uncles, are perfectly pitched, dead pan gems. Inexplicably maligned by many, this hidden jewel may be due a timely re-assessment, not least because Keller's performance now seems perfectly in tune with the Ritalin generation.

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