Jeremy (film)

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Movie
German title Jeremy
Original title Jeremy
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1973
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Arthur Barron
script Arthur Barron
production Elliott Kastner
George Pappas
music Lee Holdridge
Joseph Brooks
camera Paul Goldsmith
cut Zina Voynow
occupation

Jeremy is the title of a 1973 American film directed by Arthur Barron . Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor can be seen in the leading roles . In 1973 Jeremy was shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won the prize for the best debut film ( Prix ​​de la première œuvre ). In 1974 the film was nominated for a Golden Globe .

action

The film is set in Manhattan . The story is told by Jeremy Jones, a Jewish youth who is in 10th grade at the High School of Music and Art. Jeremy's passion is the cello and he falls in love with his classmate, the attractive ballet dancer Susan Rollins. Jeremy's clever cello teacher is at the boy's side with help and advice. Susan begins to reciprocate feelings for Jeremy, but when Susan and her father are suddenly supposed to move to Detroit , this threatens to bring their love affair to an abrupt end.

useful information

In a quantitative study on Love-shyness , Shyness & Love: Causes, Consequences. and Treatment (1987), reports the psychologist Dr. Brian G. Gilmartin that Jeremy is the movie that the men concerned have watched the most often. One participant in the study saw the film 86 times. Another participant, who had seen the film 42 times, was able to illegally obtain the film as a cine film ; for this he paid $ 1,000 in cash, more than he made in a month.

criticism

“The love story of two sixteen year olds in New York. Psychologically sensitive staged and played excellently. "

"Very moving."

Awards and nominations

  • Cannes Film Festival 1973: Award for the best debut film
  • Golden Globe Award 1974 (nomination)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cannes Film Festival 1973 . Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Brian G. Gilmartin: Shyness & Love: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment. Lanham / New York / London 1987 (University Press of America), p. 477. The book is also available on the Internet as a PDF file .
  3. ibid., P. 474.
  4. Jeremy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. TV feature film . Retrieved November 27, 2010.