Four Friends (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Arthur Penn |
| Produced by |
Michael Tolan Gene Lasko Julia Miles Arthur Penn |
| Written by | Steve Tesich |
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Craig Wasson Jodi Thelen Michael Huddleston Jim Metzler |
| Music by | Elizabeth Swados |
| Cinematography | Ghislain Cloquet |
| Edited by | Marc Laub Barry Malkin |
| Distributed by | Filmways Pictures (1981, original) MGM (2005, DVD) |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
Four Friends is a 1981 American Comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Penn. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Steve Tesich follows the path of the title characters from high school to college during the often turbulent 1960s and beyond. The cast features Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Jim Metzler and Glenne Headly.
The titular quartet are Yugoslavian-born Danilo Prozor, who arrived in America at the age of twelve and ever since has been trying to distinguish between the reality of his adopted homeland and the idealistic vision of it he brought with him; overweight, Jewish mama's boy David; Tom, the attractive WASP jock who has a way with the ladies; and free-spirited, self-assured Georgia, who fancies herself the reincarnation of Isadora Duncan, dreams of a successful career as a dancer, and is loved in turn by each of her three friends.
The film is a series of vignettes whose primary focus is on Danilo: his conflicts with his father, his struggles with his heritage, his courtship and thwarted marriage to Long Island debutante Adrienne Carnahan (who is murdered by her own father in a murder-suicide at the wedding reception because of his refusal to accept the marriage) and his lingering relationship with Georgia.
The film was shot on location in East Chicago, Hammond, and Whiting in Indiana; Chicago and Elgin in Illinois; Philadelphia; and on the campus of Northwestern University.
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