First Love (1977 film)

Infobox Film
name = First Love


caption = Theatrical release poster.
director = Joan Darling
producer = David Foster
Lawrence Turman
eproducer =
aproducer =
writer = Harold Brodkey
David Freeman
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
starring = Susan Dey
William Katt
John Heard
Beverly D'Angelo
Robert Loggia
music = John Barry
cinematography = Bobby Byrne
editing =
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = November 4 1977
runtime = 91 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:17491
imdb_id = 0076033

"First Love" is a 1977 romance film. It stars Susan Dey and William Katt and was directed by Joan Darling. The movie is based upon the story "Sentimental Education" by Harold Brodkey.

Plot Summary

The story follows Elgin (Katt), a college student who experiences his first romantic and sexual relationship with older coed, Caroline (Dey). Caroline must choose between an older man she is seeing and the younger Elgin. Fine acting by both stars helped make this critically acclaimed by some for its candid frank portrayal of romantic relationships. This was also a groundbreaking film for its director.

In the United States, this film is rated R for its nudity and frank sexual language content.

Main cast

* Susan Dey - Caroline
* William Katt - Elgin
* Beverly D'Angelo - Shelley
* Robert Loggia - John March
* Swoosie Kurtz - Marsha
* John Heard - David
* Tom Lacy - Professor Oxton
* June Barrett - Felicia

External links

*imdb title|id=0076033|title=First Love
*amg title | id=1:17491|title=First Love
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1007406-first_love/| "First Love"] at Rotten Tomatoes