- Taking Off (film)
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name = Taking Off
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director =Milos Forman
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writer =Jean-Claude Carrière Milos Forman John Guare Jon Klein
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starring =Lynn Carlin Buck Henry
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released =28 March ,1971 (NYC )
runtime = 93 mins
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0067820"Taking Off" is a 1971 film comedy. It was the first
American film of Czech directorMilos Forman . It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home. The parents take the opportunity to rediscover their youth.It features a number of memorable set pieces, including an open-mic record label audition which is weaved throughout the film, featuring a number of female singers (including a young
Carly Simon and a haunting acoustic ballad by a then-unknownKathy Bates ) performing old standards, folk ballads, and rock songs; a meeting in which a group of generally middle-class conservative parents are taught how to smoke marijuana; and a raucuous but sweet game of strip poker played by the adults.Part of the movie also takes place at a
Tina Turner concert.See also
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Taking Off (album) ###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
years=1970
tied with "Johnny Got His Gun"
before="Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion "
after="Solaris"
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