Move (1970 film)

Move
Film poster
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Written by Joel Lieber
Stanley Hart
Starring Elliott Gould
Paula Prentiss
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 31, 1970 (1970-07-31)
Running time
90 min
Country United States
Budget $2,785,000[1]

Move is a 1970 American comedy film starring Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss and Geneviève Waïte, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was written by Joel Lieber and Stanley Hart, adapted from a novel by Lieber.[2]

Plot summary

The film covers three days in the life of Hiram Jaffe a would-be playwright who supplements his living as a porn writer and by walking dogs. He and his wife, Dolly, are moving to a new apartment on New York's Upper West Side. Jaffe is beset by problems, including his inability to persuade the moving man to move the couple's furniture, and retreats into fantasy.

Cast

Notes

  1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
  2. Greenspun, Roger (August 1, 1970). "Random Move:Rosenberg Comedy at Baronet and Criterion". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved April 12, 2009.

See also

References

  • Erens, Patricia (1988). The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. pp. 304–5. ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  • Goodman, Mark (August 24, 1970). "Granny Knot". Time. Retrieved April 12, 2009.


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