Taking Off (film)

Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Miloš Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home. The parents take the opportunity to rediscover their youth.

It features a number of set pieces, including an open-mic record label audition which is woven throughout the film, featuring a number of female singers (including a young Carly Simon and an acoustic ballad by a then-unknown Kathy Bates) performing old standards, folk ballads, and rock songs; a meeting in which a group of generally middle-class conservative parents are taught how to smoke marijuana; and a raucous game of strip poker played by the adults.

It was written by Forman in collaboration with John Guare, along with Jean-Claude Carriere and John Klein.

Part of the movie also takes place at a Tina Turner concert.

Contents
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 * 1 Cast
 * 2 Awards
 * 3 DVD
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

Cast[edit]

 * Lynn Carlin - Lynn Tyne
 * Buck Henry - Larry Tyne
 * Georgia Engel - Margot
 * Tony Harvey - Tony
 * Audra Lindley - Ann Lockston
 * Paul Benedict - Ben Lockston
 * Vincent Schiavelli - Schiavelli
 * David Gittler - Jamie
 * Ike Turner - Himself
 * Tina Turner - Herself
 * Linnea Heacock - Jeannie Tyne
 * Rae Allen - Mrs. Divito
 * Frank Berle - Committee Man
 * Philip Bruns - Policeman (as Phillip Bruns)
 * Gail Busman - Nancy Lockston
 * Carly Simon - Audition Singer
 * Kathy Bates - Audition Singer (as Bobo Bates)
 * Shellen Lubin - Audition Singer

Awards[edit]
The film won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

DVD[edit]
Taking Off was released to Blu-Ray DVD on by British company Park Circus on November 7th, 2011 as a Region 2 widescreen Blu-Ray DVD and by Gaumont (with Carlotta Films as home video distributor) on March 23rd, 2011 as a Region 0 widescreen Blu-Ray DVD.