Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Ulu Grosbard

Writer:

Herb Gardner (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 November 1971 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Dustin Hoffman wants to know...

Plot:

Georgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane...

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Bizarre | Long Title | Question In Title | Independent Film

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Dustin Hoffman	...	Georgie Soloway
Barbara Harris	...	Allison Densmore
Jack Warden	...	Dr. Solomon F. Moses
David Burns	...	Leon Soloway
Gabriel Dell	...	Sidney Gill
Betty Walker	...	Margot Soloway
Rose Gregorio	...	Gloria Soloway
Dom DeLuise	...	Irwin Marcy
Regina Baff	...	Ruthie Tresh
David Galef	...	Leonard Soloway
Ed Zimmermann	...	Peter Halloran
Amy Levitt	...	Susan
Joseph R. Sicari	...	Marty
Rudy Bond	...	Newsdealer
Walter Hyman	...	Flower Vendor

MPAA:

Rated R for brief nudity.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

GM Building - 59th Street & 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cinema Center Films

Trivia:

Has the longest title ever of any Academy Award nominated film in terms of words (14) although second longest in terms of letters (62). First place goes to "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" with 12 words and 72 letters.

Quotes:

Georgie's father: Life, it's like an appetiser. It's here, it's gone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Magnum, P.I.: Who Is Don Luis Higgins... and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? (#6.19)" (1986)

Soundtrack:

One More Ride

Something different from the average Hollywood entertainment, grown ups with real emotions and insights.

This is a difficult movie, but worth staying with it if you like fully developed characters, emotional depth and you don't mind something outside the normal linear Hollywood story telling format. Dustin Hoffman gives a fine nuanced performance and Barbara Harris is wonderful as a vulnerable woman all too aware that she has lost her youth. Her performance is touching and every moment she is on screen shines with her unique brilliance.