Once is not enough
| Movie | |
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| German title | Once is not enough |
| Original title | Once is not enough |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Guy Green |
| script | Julius J. Epstein |
| production | Howard W. Koch |
| music | Henry Mancini |
| camera | John A. Alonzo |
| cut | Rita Roland |
| occupation | |
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Once is not enough is a 1975 American film directed by Guy Green and written by Julius J. Epstein based on the novel Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann . It stars Kirk Douglas , Alexis Smith (in their first film in 16 years), David Janssen , George Hamilton , Brenda Vaccaro , Melina Mercouri and Deborah Raffin .
The cinema premiere took place on June 18, 1975 in New York. The film first ran in German cinemas on October 31, 1975.
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Mike Wayne is a middle-aged film producer whose career has stalled. He tries everything to land a new Hollywood project. He is used to a lavish lifestyle and spoils his daughter January. He finances her an expensive education in Europe and everything that money can get. January adores her father and returns to America to be with him again.
Mike is in dire need of money and therefore enters a loveless marriage to Deidre Milford Granger, one of the richest women in the world. She has been through multiple marriages and demands that things be done according to her will. She's also having a secret lesbian affair. January is devastated to learn that Mike is now married to this impossible woman. Deidre tries to pair January with her cousin David Milford, a womanizer. Eventually David ends up in bed with January and finds out that she is still a virgin.
January doesn't know what to do with her life. Linda Riggs, an old friend and magazine editor, advises her to write a book. Linda enjoys a free spirited life with many lovers and encourages January to follow suit. Because of her father complex, January falls in love with the much older Tom Colt, a hard-drinking, impotent writer who is her father's competitor. Mike is bitterly angry about the matter. He beats Colt when he catches January with him in a hotel bungalow in Beverly Hills. Mike presents his daughter with a choice between him and Colt.
Mike wants to get a divorce because Deidre's demands and insults are too much for him. She agrees. Later both of them die in a plane crash. The devastated January wants to be comforted by Tom Colt. But this turns away.
criticism
The lexicon of the international film judged that the film was staged with “taste and craftsmanship”, but also had “colossal aftertaste”.
Awards
Brenda Vaccaro was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress .
Web links
Once is not enough in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Once is not enough. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 10, 2020 .
- ^ Movie Review - Once Is Not Enough . The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2014.