Taking Off (film)
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| Directed by | Miloš Forman |
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Jean-Claude Carrière Miloš Forman John Guare John Klein |
| Starring |
Lynn Carlin Buck Henry |
| Distributed by |
Universal Pictures (1971, original) Park Circus Carlotta Films (under license from Universal Pictures) (2011, Blu-Ray DVD) |
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93 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Taking Off is a 1971 American comedy film. It was Czech director Miloš Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home. The parents take the opportunity to rediscover their youth.
It features a number of set pieces, including an open-mic record label audition which is woven throughout the film, featuring a number of female singers (including a young Carly Simon and an acoustic ballad by a then-unknown Kathy Bates) performing old standards, folk ballads, and rock songs; a meeting in which a group of generally middle-class conservative parents are taught how to smoke marijuana; and a raucous game of strip poker played by the adults.
It was written by Forman in collaboration with John Guare, along with Jean-Claude Carriere and John Klein.
Part of the movie also takes place at a Tina Turner concert.
The film won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
Taking Off was released to Blu-ray Disc on by British company Park Circus on November 7, 2011 as a Region-2 widescreen Blu-ray Disc and by Gaumont (with Carlotta Films as home video distributor) on March 23, 2011 as a Region-0 widescreen Blu-ray Disc.
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