USA,
1962, 95 min
Shown in 1962
CREDITS
- dir
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Frank Perry
- prod
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Paul M. Heller
- scr
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Eleanor Perry
- cam
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Leonard Hirschfield
- editor
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Irving Oshman
- mus
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Mark Lawrence
- cast
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Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard da Silva, Neva Patterson, Clifton James, Richard McMurray, Matthew Arden, Jaime Sanchez
- prod co
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Lisa and David Company; Vision Associates Productions
- gga award
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Best Actor, Keir Dullea; Best Actress, Janet Margolin: Feature Length Films
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COMMENTS
Keir Dullea and Paul M. Heller in person.
OTHER
David (Keir Dullea) is an incredibly intelligent young man who has a mental illness which causes him to be institutionalized. He is deathly afraid of being touched by other people and often a soft touch by someone can send him into hysterics. In his "school" he also exhibits antisocial behaviors towards everyone but Lisa. Lisa (Janet Margolin) is another student who suffers from schizophrenia and has two personalities: one does not speak and the other only teases in rhymes. Somehow both Lisa and David are able to connect with one another and grow together and head down the road to recovery. Though there are some bumps in the road for the couple, they are still a perfect match and their love can help them conquer their illnesses. Margolin and Dullea deliver impeccable performances as the troubled youths.
FACTOID #171
When Festival Executive Director Claude Jarman addressed journalists at the 1977 Festival press conference, he announced that the SFIFF was launching an ’important experiment’ by screening films at the Castro Theatre (at the urging of Mayor George Moscone to take the Festival to the neighborhoods) The experiment must have worked, as the Festival still has screenings at the Castro to this day, in addition to many other satellite venues.
