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This cult favorite began as Francis Ford Coppola's UCLA thesis, ending up with a professional cast and nationwide release. Teen Peter Kastner undergoes his coming-of-age rites when, urged on by dad Rip Torn, he strikes out on own and moves to NYC. Every person Kastner meets is an eccentric's eccentric, from landlady Julie Harris to cop Dolph Sweet. Kastner's new friend Tony Bill, who works at the New York Public Library and accumulates pornography on side, introduces the boy to sex and drugs.
Dec 9, 1966 Wide
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Francis Coppola has drawn topflight performances from his talented cast.
A magnetically exasperating comic strip of a movie.
Coppola has fun directing, and his film is filled with sight jokes, high-spirited performances and a lively sound track by the Lovin' Spoonful.
Significant as an early example of the developing talent of one of the most important (if not the most important) American directors of the 1970s.
Coppola's style had healthy roots in the screwball comedies of the '30s, and the glorious performances litter the film with moments to treasure.
What elevates Coppola's coming-of-age comedy above the routine is the great supporting cast, headed by Geraldine Page in an Oscar-nominated turn as the smothering mom, Julie Harris, Rip Torn and others.
Really nifty coming-of-age story from the young Coppola.
An uneven effort that has both its funny and dull moments, but has since remained popular as a cult favorite.
Coppola's spaced-out sex comedy is a cross between The Graduate and Funny Face, drunk on its own kooky excesses.
Coppola's first feature is a wacky coming of age story with a delicious backdrop of mid-60's NYC. (You can even spot the current Madison Square Garden under construction!)
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