Butterflies are free

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Movie
German title Butterflies are free
Original title Butterflies Are Free
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1972
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Milton Katselas
script Leonard Gershe
production MJ Frankovich
music Bob Alcivar
camera Charles Lang
cut David E. Blewitt
occupation

Butterflies Are Free (Original title: Butterflies Are Free ) is an American film comedy of Milton Katselas from the year 1972 . The script is based on the comedy of the same name (1969), which Leonard Gershe also wrote.

action

Jill Tanner lives in New York and is dying to be an actress. Her new neighbor, the blind Don Baker, has just moved out of home. They make friends and fall in love quickly. After spending the night together, the caring mother shows up in the apartment to see if everything is going well. She dislikes the fact that her son is seeing Jill. From then on, Mrs. Baker tries to do everything possible to get Jill out of Don's life. Mrs. Baker invites Jill to dinner. Here, too, she tries to convince Jill to leave her son alone. Jill is very angry and doesn't want to give up her relationship with Don. But the next day Jill brings a playwright into Don's apartment, who wants to give her a role in his new play. Don's initial enthusiasm quickly evaporated when he realizes that Jill not only wants to move out, but also wants to leave him for this career opportunity. Desperate, he tells his mother that he wants to grant her wish and return to her home. But Mrs. Baker now insists that he stay in his apartment. She reminds him that he has already been abandoned by a woman and that this also happens to sighted men and has nothing to do with his blindness. Don’s resentment towards his mother, who as the author of children's books about the adventures of a blind boy called “Little Donny Dark”, vanishes when she explains that she only wrote these books to take away his fears (e.g. . before water). Don's mother goes home without him. A short time later, Jill appears at his place and confesses her love to him, she has left her patron and stays with Don. The film ends with Don and Jill holding each other crying and laughing.

background

Butterflies Are Free launched on Broadway in 1969 . It is Gershe's best-known and most successful comedy , which has already been performed with more than 1,100 performances. He was inspired by a newspaper report about a young blind man who was determined to be successful. After the play was performed on Broadway, the Scarsdale man published his autobiography in 1972 .

production

The cinematic implementation was completed by the production company Frankovich Productions and later distributed by Columbia Pictures . The comedy was recorded in mono at an aspect ratio of 1.85: 1 on 35mm film . Although the action is set in New York, the recordings were made in San Francisco , California .

The film premiered on July 6, 1972 at Radio City Music Hall , New York City . The film was released in West Germany on November 3, 1972.

Awards

reception

Lexicon of the International Film described the romantic comedy as "psychologically simple and in parts very sentimental", which was made "entertaining" by Hawn's acting performance.

In July 1972 Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times that the film was "not properly thought out".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trávníková (2005), p. 29
  2. ↑ a b c Leonard Gershe, 79, Playwright Who Wrote 'Butterflies Are Free'. The New York Times , March 21, 2002, accessed November 13, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Joan Cock: HAROLD KRENTS, LAWYER, DIES; INSPIRED 'BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE'. The New York Times , January 13, 1987, accessed November 13, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Harold Eliot Krents: To Race the Wind , 1972
  5. ↑ Vincent Canby : Butterflies Are Free (1972). 'Butterflies Are Free' Arrives. The New York Times , July 7, 1972, accessed November 13, 2014 .