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Pookie

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Original title

The Sterile Cuckoo

Year

1969

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Screenwriter

Alvin Sargent. Novel: John Nichols

Cast

Music

Fred Karlin

Cinematography

Milton R. Krasner

Producer

Boardwalk Productions

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Synopsis

Two students from neighboring colleges in upstate New York are swept up in a tragic romantic interlude calling for a maturity of vision beyond their experience of capabilities. Pookie Adams - a kooky, lonely misfit with no family and no place to go, insists on calling all those who won't participate in her world, "weirdos," clings to a quiet studious Jerry, who has the ability to make a choice of living in Pookie's private little world or be accepted by the society that Pookie rejects. Unwittingly, it is through their awkward relationship that Pookie actually prepares Jerry for the world of "weirdos" that she doesn't fit into or wish to be apart of.

Awards: 1969: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), Song

1969: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actress - Drama (Liza Minnelli)

1970: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Promising Newcomer (Liza Minnelli)

1969: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Liza Minnelli)

1969: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Screenplay.

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Pookie

1969

Alan J. Pakula

6.0

(151)