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Breezy

  • 19731973
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  • 1h 46m
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Breezy (1973)
A carefree young hippie, Edith Alice "Breezy" Breezerman, meets Frank Harmon, a divorced, middle-aged real estate agent. They fall in love, and each teaches the other a little about life.
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DramaRomance
A young girl tries to find her way in life, suffering from her own naivete and sincerity.A young girl tries to find her way in life, suffering from her own naivete and sincerity.A young girl tries to find her way in life, suffering from her own naivete and sincerity.
IMDb RATING
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5.4K
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    • Clint Eastwood
    • Jo Heims
  • Stars
    • William Holden
    • Kay Lenz
    • Roger C. Carmel
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Jo Heims
  • Stars
    • William Holden
    • Kay Lenz
    • Roger C. Carmel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 99User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    Trailer
    Trailer 2:26
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    William Holden, Clint Eastwood, and Kay Lenz in Breezy (1973)
    Clint Eastwood in Breezy (1973)
    Breezy (1973)
    William Holden, Kay Lenz, and Earle in Breezy (1973)
    Kay Lenz in Breezy (1973)
    Jamie Smith-Jackson in Breezy (1973)
    William Holden in Breezy (1973)
    Marj Dusay in Breezy (1973)
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    William Holden in Breezy (1973)
    Kay Lenz in Breezy (1973)
    William Holden in Breezy (1973)

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    William Holden
    William Holden
    • Frank Harmon
    Kay Lenz
    Kay Lenz
    • Breezy
    Roger C. Carmel
    Roger C. Carmel
    • Bob Henderson
    Marj Dusay
    Marj Dusay
    • Betty Tobin
    Joan Hotchkis
    Joan Hotchkis
    • Paula
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    • Marcy
    • (as Jamie Smith Jackson)
    Norman Bartold
    Norman Bartold
    • Man in Car
    Lynn Borden
    Lynn Borden
    • Overnight Date
    Shelley Morrison
    Shelley Morrison
    • Nancy Henderson
    Dennis Olivieri
    Dennis Olivieri
    • Bruno
    Eugene Peterson
    • Charlie
    Lew Brown
    Lew Brown
    • Police Officer
    Richard Bull
    Richard Bull
    • Doctor
    Johnnie Collins III
    • Norman
    Don Diamond
    Don Diamond
    • Maitre'D
    Scott Holden
    • Veterinarian
    Sandy Kenyon
    Sandy Kenyon
    • Real Estate Agent
    Jack Kosslyn
    Jack Kosslyn
    • Driver
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Jo Heims
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    • Trivia
      Danny Peary in his book "Guide for the Film Fanatic" (1987) states "not many people paid attention to the film upon release" while Richard Schickel in his book "Clint: A Retrospective" (2012) states that this movie in theaters "came and went virtually without notice". In a later interview, Eastwood would blame Universal for not marketing this film correctly, leading it to be a flop at the box office - even with its relatively low budget of only $750,000.
    • Goofs
      When Frank takes Breezy to the Pacific Ocean so she can see it for the first time, it is early morning. When they arrive, the sun is clearly behind the ocean, casting shadows onto the beach, not away from it, so the scene was shot at sunset, not sunrise. In the next scene, Breezy is seen in bright sunlight with the sun high in the sky.
    • Quotes

      Breezy: Who says a rolling stone gathers no nails? Boy, am I glad to see you. I didn't think anyone was alive up here. You going down the hill?

      Frank Harmon: Well, yes, but, uh...

      Breezy: Far out! Ooh!

      Frank Harmon: Miss, uh, I don't pick up hitchhikers.

      Breezy: That's the best news I've heard all day.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Orson Welles/Orson Bean/Carol Lawrence/Kay Lenz (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Breezy's Song
      Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman

      Music by Michel Legrand

      Vocal by Shelby Flint

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    6/10
    Soured on the Female of the Species, until...........
    When William Holden took the part of Frank Harmon in Breezy it was a dress rehearsal for the same kind of role in Network where he was the older man who had fallen out of love with his wife and looking for something new and different. Of course his taste in women is a whole lot different. In Network Holden falls for the chic Network news executive Faye Dunaway and in Breezy he's entranced by the free spirited young hippie chick in the title role which Kay Lenz got her breakout role. These two women are about as different as they come.

    One thing that the story and director Clint Eastwood failed to do is give us all that much information about Breezy and how her character developed as it did. She's a type that was quite common in 1973 and it's assumed by the audience that the Vietnam War and the counterculture of free love makes her typical of young people. So when she drops into Holden's life by kind of forcing him to give her a lift in his car after a night of sex with Dennis Olivieri who picked her up.

    Holden's gone through a bitter and nasty divorce and we also are not quite sure about the whys and wherefores there. But Eastwood kind of takes care of it from his end when Holden and Lenz at a fancy restaurant encounter his ex-wife Joan Hotchkiss who's there with a date. Her one scene with Holden and Lenz is Breezy's most unforgettable point. This is one bitter and drunken women and while we don't really know what went wrong, it's clear why Holden wanted out of the marriage and why he's soured on the female of the species.

    There was a 33 year age difference between Holden and Lenz and most wouldn't give odds for this lasting, but you never know.

    Both Holden and Lenz give a good account of themselves making up for some plot deficiencies in Breezy.
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    • Apr 10, 2011

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    • What is the address of the home(s) they used for Frank's house, exterior and or interior shots?

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1974 (Canada)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • The Malpaso Company
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes

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