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User Rating:
5.3/10   320 votes
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Director:
Ulu Grosbard
Writer:
Herb Gardner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 November 1971 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
The experience of being trapped in neurosis. more (12 total)

Cast

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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 (as Joe Sicari)
Rudy Bond ... Newsdealer
Walter Hyman ... Flower Vendor
Josip Elic ... Chomsky
Herbie Faye ... Divorcee
James Hall ... Lemuel
Sherry Rooney ... Marilyn
Robyn Millan ... Samantha
Walter Hyman Jr. ... Danny Charleston
Shel Silverstein ... Bernie
Irwin Rose ... Photographer

Candice Azzara ... Sally (as Candy Azzara)
Marty Greene ... Uncle Louis (as Martin Greene)
Sidney Armus ... Marvin
Susan Bell ... Sky Phone Operator
Steve Eppolito ... Dustin as a Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show ... Themselves (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ulu Grosbard 
 
Writing credits
Herb Gardner (short story) uncredited

Herb Gardner (screenplay)

Produced by
Fred C. Caruso .... associate producer
Herb Gardner .... co-producer
Ulu Grosbard .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Shel Silverstein 
 
Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper 
 
Film Editing by
Barry Malkin 
 
Casting by
Shirley Rich 
 
Production Design by
Harry Horner 
 
Set Decoration by
Leif Pederen  (as Leif B. Pederen)
 
Costume Design by
Anna Hill Johnstone 
 
Makeup Department
William A. Farley .... hair stylist (as William Farley)
Dick Smith .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Fred C. Caruso .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter R. Scoppa .... first assistant director (as Peter Scoppa)
 
Art Department
Richard Adee .... set designer
Stanley Cappiello .... scenic artist
Joseph M. Caracciolo .... props (as Joseph Caracciolo)
Willis Conner .... assistant art director
Robert Miller .... construction grip
Carlos Quiles .... carpenter
 
Sound Department
Jack C. Jacobsen .... sound
Robert M. Reitano .... dubbing editor (as Robert Reitano)
John Strauss .... sound editor
Dick Vorisek .... sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Vorisek)
 
Special Effects by
Bernard Hajdenberg .... special effects editor (as Bernardo Hajdenberg)
Joseph Weintraub .... special effects editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Edward R. Brown .... camera operator (as Edward Brown)
James Finnerty .... key grip (as James Finnerty)
Richard Quinlan .... gaffer (as Richard Quinlan Jr.)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
George Newman .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Marianna Majchrzyk .... assistant editor
Craig McKay .... associate film editor
 
Music Department
Ron Haffkine .... musical director
 
Transportation Department
James Fanning .... transportation
 
Other crew
Ted Albert .... publicist
Robert Barth .... location coordinator
Elizabeth Bleiweiss .... production assistant
Sidney Gecker .... script supervisor (as Sid Gecker)
Lois Kramer Hartwick .... production secretary (as Lois Kramer)
Ellie Linas .... accountant
Charles Ryder .... production assistant
Bill Sheally .... auditor
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for brief nudity.
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Cinema Center Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
To achieve maximum realism, Ulu Grosbard insisted that Dustin Hoffman appear live at the now-shuttered rock palace Fillmore East. Cameras captured the reaction of the regular Friday night audience gathered for an actual Grateful Dead concert. more
Quotes:
Georgie's father: Life, it's like an appetiser. It's here, it's gone. more
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) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
The experience of being trapped in neurosis., 15 February 1999
10/10
Author: anonymous from Atlanta, GA USA

Harry Kellerman is the best portrait I have ever seen on celluloid of the inescapable nature of neurotic pain. The fixated, tortured soul--albeit tortured on the small, inner scale of suffering--awakens to his pain, sees a possible escape route, and struggles to hurl himself through it. But then he only finds himself bank again at square one, the tether of his Gordian knot unbroken and unfrayed. Told with humor and absurdity appropriate to the subject matter, Harry is a delightful, original, and insightful movie.

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