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 director Milos 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-unknown Kathy 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

* Taking Off (album)

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title=Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
years=1970
tied with "Johnny Got His Gun"
before="Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion"
after="Solaris"