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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. Jeannie does finally return home, to constant questioning by her parents about which drugs she has taken; later, after Lynn and Larry join a support group for the parents of runaway children, they turn around and get stoned on marijuana themselves during one of the group meetings, then lapse into a randy game of strip poker -- little realizing that their daughter is close at hand and within earshot. As a critically revered lampoon of late-'60s sensibilities, Taking Off is full of "unknown" Manhattan-based performers who became famous during the '70s and '80s, including Paul Benedict, Vincent Schiavelli, Allen Garfield, Audra Lindley, and, in fleeting roles as auditioning singers, Carly Simon, who performs "Long Time Physical Effects," and Kathy Bates (billed as Bobo Bates), who performs "Even the Horses Had Wings." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Lynn Carlin Lynn Tyne
Georgia Engel Margot
Tony Harvey Tony
Linnea Heacock Jeannie Tyne
Audra Lindley Ann Lockston
Buck Henry Larry Tyne

Production Crew

Robert Wightman Art Director
Miroslav Ondrícek Cinematographer
Peggy Farrell Costume Designer
Milos Forman Director
John Carter Editor
Edward Folger First Assistant Director
Phillip Goldfarb First Assistant Director
Irving Buchman Makeup
Alfred W. Crown Producer
Michael Hausman Producer
Ned Tanen Production Supervisor
Jean-Claude Carrière Screenwriter
John Guare Screenwriter
John Klein Screenwriter
Milos Forman Screenwriter
Carly Simon Singer
George Forrest Singer
Ike Turner Singer
Mike Leander Singer
Robert Wright Singer
Tina Hart Singer
Year: 1971
Runtime: 92
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Color type
Movielab Color

Produced by
Universal

Awards
1971 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1971 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1971 - Special Jury Grand Prix - Cannes International Film Festival
1971 - Special Jury Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1971 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1971 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1975 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival