description Taking Off Overview
Taking Off is a 1971 comedy directed by Miloš Forman centering on a New York City couple. The film depicts their experiences after their daughter’s disappearance, including interactions with fellow parents and exploration of youth trends. It examines the impact of this event on their lives and relationships.
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info Taking Off Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1971 |
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What happens to the missing daughter in Taking Off?
Teenager Jeannie Tyne runs away from her New York home to pursue an interest in music. Her parents, Larry and Lynn, search for her but gradually become caught up in the unfamiliar youth culture surrounding them.
Why do the parents smoke marijuana in Taking Off?
Larry and Lynn join the Society for Parents of Fugitive Children, whose members try marijuana to understand what their children experience. The scene turns the parents' earnest investigation into one of the film's best-known comic sequences.
Was Taking Off Miloš Forman's first American film?
Yes. The 1971 comedy was Forman's first feature made in the United States after films such as Loves of a Blonde and The Firemen's Ball in Czechoslovakia.
Did Taking Off win an award at Cannes?
Taking Off shared the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival with Johnny Got His Gun. The film stars Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as Jeannie's bewildered parents.
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