Butterflies Are Free
- Original title
- Butterflies Are Free
- Year
- 1972
- Running time
- 109 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Leonard Gershe. Play: Leonard Gershe
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Romantic Comedy. Disability. Blindness
- Synopsis
- All Don Baker wants is a place of his own away from his over-protective mother. Don's been blind since birth, but that doesn't stop him from setting up in a San Francisco apartment and making the acquaintance of his off-the-wall, liberated, actress neighbor Jill. Don learns the kind of things from Jill that his mother would never have taught him! And Jill learns from Don what growing up and being free is really all about.
- Awards
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1972: Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Eileen Heckart). 3 Nominations1972: Golden Globes: Most Promising Newcomer - Male (Edward Albert). 5 Nominations1972: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay
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