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R,1hr 32min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1971
Director:
Milos Forman
Starring:
Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock  ...more
Synopsis: Czech filmmaker Milos Forman's first American production stars Linnea Heacock as Jeannie Tyne, a runaway teenager. While she wanders aimlessly around New York, her suburban parents, Lynn (Lynn Carlin) and Larry (Buck Henry), desperately search for their "missing" daughter. Larry and his best friend, Tony (Tony Harvey), inaugurate a search, but their expedition is sidetracked by a drinking binge at a local bar. Meanwhile, Lynn and Tony's wife, Margot (Georgia Engel), begin discussing their sex lives. ... Full Synopsis
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Nathan Southern, AMG Review
It feels unmistakable -- the cinematic eye of immigrant directors who journey to the U.S. and instantly establish a unique perspective on America with what is exclusively an outsider's gaze. Louis Malle did it with Atlantic City (1980), Wim Wenders did it with Paris, Texas (1984), and Milos Forman does it with this little-seen generation-gap comedy from 1971 (which, not coincidentally, was co-scripted ... Full Review
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Lynn Carlin
Lynn Tyne
Buck Henry
Larry Tyne
Linnea Heacock
Jeannie Tyne
Georgia Engel
Margot
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