Move (1970 film)

Move
Film poster
Directed by	Stuart Rosenberg
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Written by	Joel Lieber Stanley Hart
Starring	Elliott Gould Paula Prentiss
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Production company	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	July 31, 1970
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Budget	$2,785,000[1]

Move is a 1970 comedy film starring Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss and Geneviève Waïte, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was written by Joel Lieber and Stanley Hart, adapted from a novel by Lieber.^[2]

Plot summary

The film covers three days in the life of Hiram Jaffe (Gould), a would-be playwright who supplements his living as a porn writer and by walking dogs. He and his wife, Dolly (Paula Prentiss), are moving to a new apartment on New York's Upper West Side. Jaffe is beset by problems, including his inability to persuade the moving man to move the couple's furniture, and retreats into fantasy.

Cast

• Elliott Gould as Hiram Jaffe
• Paula Prentiss as Dolly Jaffe
• Geneviève Waïte as Girl
• John Larch as Patrolman
• Joe Silver as Oscar
• Graham Jarvis as Dr. Picker
• Ron O'Neal as Peter
• Garrie Beau as Andrea
• Mae Questel Mrs. Katz

Notes

1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
2. Greenspun, Roger (August 1, 1970). "Random Move:Rosenberg Comedy at Baronet and Criterion". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved April 12, 2009.

See also

• List of American films of 1970

References

• Erens, Patricia (1988). The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. pp. 304–5. ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
• Goodman, Mark (August 24, 1970). "Granny Knot". Time. Retrieved April 12, 2009.

External links

• Move at the Internet Movie Database