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Summer of '42

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Class of '44

Original title

Summer of '42

Year

1971

Running time

102 min.

Country

United States

Director

Robert Mulligan

Screenwriter

Herman Raucher

Cast

Music

Michel Legrand

Cinematography

Robert Surtees

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. 1940s. Friendship. Teen/coming-of-age

Synopsis

Gently nostalgic, Robert Mulligan's tender and insightful look at three teenage boys' approach to the mysteries of love and sex takes place on the coast of New England during World War II. While his two friends devote their time to investigating the process of getting laid, Hermie finds himself falling in love with the young wife of a U.S. serviceman away at the war. Stumbling over their misconceptions, fears, and ignorance, the boys fumble their way toward adulthood during their last summer of youth and innocence.

Awards: 1971: Oscar: Best Original Soundtrack. 4 Nominations

1971: Golden Globes: 4 Nominations, including Best Film - Drama

1971: BAFTA Awards: Best Music. Nominated to Best Promising Newcomer (Gary Grimes)

1971: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1971: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Drama Screenplay

1971: San Sebastian Film Festival: Silver Shell

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Critics' reviews

"A self-consciously nostalgic piece, with Oscar-winning music, immaculate detail, and made while soldiers were dying in Vietnam."

Philip French: The Guardian
"Director Robert Mulligan exhibits the same sensitivity about young people and their foibles as he did in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. In 1962. You never sense that he's making fun of Hermie or his pals"

Ruthe Stein: SFGATE
"Illuminated by an intense identification with adolescent confusion, beautifully communicated by Mulligan’s subjective camera technique."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"Robert Mulligan's Summer of '42 has a large amount of charm and tenderness; it also has little dramatic economy and much eye-exhausting photography which translates to forced and artificial emphasis on a strungout story"

Variety Staff: Variety
"Robert Mulligan's Summer of '42 is a memory movie, written, directed and acted with such uncommon good humor that I don't think you'll be put off by its sweet soft-focus, at least until you start analyzing it afterwards."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Thanks to director Robert Mulligan and a largely unfamiliar cast it turns cut to be a delightful film."

Telegraph

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Summer of '42

1971

Robert Mulligan

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(3,744)