Come Blow Your Horn (film)
| Come Blow Your Horn | |
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| Directed by | Bud Yorkin |
| Produced by |
Norman Lear Bud Yorkin |
| Screenplay by | Norman Lear |
| Based on |
Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon |
| Starring | Frank Sinatra |
| Music by | Nelson Riddle |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Frank P. Keller |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12.7 million[1] |
Come Blow Your Horn is a 1963 American comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, directed by Bud Yorkin with a screenplay by Norman Lear, and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon.
Plot
Buddy Baker is bored living with his parents. He goes to the big-city apartment of older brother Alan, who works for their father's artificial-fruit company but never lets business interfere with a good time.
A confirmed bachelor, Alan is all too willing to teach his younger brother a few tricks, improve his wardrobe, even introduce him to Peggy, a girl with an apartment upstairs. Alan's steadiest companion is Connie, but even she's running out of patience with his lack of interest in settling down.
A jealous husband accuses Alan of running around with his wife and beats him up. Alan begins rethinking his life. He proposes marriage to Connie and then intervenes when he hears that his own parents are contemplating a divorce. Giving up his own ways for good, Alan even turns over his swinging bachelor pad to Buddy.
Cast
- Frank Sinatra as Alan Baker
- Lee J. Cobb as Harry R. Baker
- Molly Picon as Mrs. Sophie Baker
- Barbara Rush as Connie
- Jill St. John as Peggy John
- Dan Blocker as Mr. Eckman
- Phyllis McGuire as Mrs. Eckman (buyer for Neiman-Marcus)
- Tony Bill as Buddy Baker
Norman Lear and Dean Martin both make cameo appearances in the film.
Reception
Box office performance
Come Blow Your Horn was the 15th highest grossing film of 1963, grossing $12,705,882 in the United States,[1] earning $6 million in domestic rentals.[2]
Awards
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, James W. Payne).[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Box Office Information for Come Blow Your Horn. The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
- ↑ "NY Times: Come Blow Your Horn". NY Times. Retrieved December 25, 2008.