Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart

All Don Baker wants is a place of his own away from his over-protective mother. Don's been blind since birth, but that doesn't stop him from setting up in a San Francisco apartment and making the ac...( read more  read more... )quaintance of his off-the-wall, liberated, actress neighbor Jill. Don learns the kind of things from Jill that his mother would never have taught him! And Jill learns from Don what growing up and being free is really all about.

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PG, 109 min.

Directed by: Milton Katselas

Release Date: January 1, 1972

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DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002

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  • November 19, 2007
    Here's an obscure one. An early Goldie Hawn movie (I think she is underestimated). Edward Albert plays an inspiring young blind man. I like it because it was originally a stage play and it was surprisingly modern and still relevant. I share the sentiments of the young charact...( read more)ers wanting their funeral to be a celebration. A good little romantic comedy.
  • September 23, 2008
    Witty and unpredictable but the whole storyline won't crypt its conservative and almost liberal views from another era.The universal "quality" of the play isn't remembered for its general causes of freedom rather Eckhart on a subtle performance and a noisy-juicy Goldie Hawn.If yo...( read more)u exclude the typical ending,it's a feel-good movie and not a pompous "relationship movie" like Closer by Nichols.
  • January 30, 2007
    We had to watch this in school for some reason.
  • November 22, 2009
    The movie is a cute one with a small cast of characters. It focuses mostly on Don and Jill, with bits of his mother and a few minor characters. Edward Albert does a good job of portraying a visually impaired individual (my mother has been visually impaired, with a bit of sight, s...( read more)ince she was born). The movie seemed short to me for some reason and they could have included more, but overall, rewatching this, I enjoyed it even more.
  • November 14, 2009
    Goldie Hawn is wonderful in this film, I can see why, from this early film in her career, she became a mega star. Enjoyable from start to finish, Eileen heckart gives a great and sincere performance, good enough for her to win a best supporting actress Oscar. Only Edward Albert J...( read more)r's performance does not ring true.
  • August 12, 2009
    Perfect film. Eileen is absolutly excellent!!!
  • April 13, 2009
    A childhood fav. Goldie back in her bikini days.
  • October 10, 2008
    XDD movies' been working with me this week. don't know what's happening... butterflies are free and so are we.
  • June 19, 2008
    I've always loved this movie since I was a little kid. Goldie is so cute and bubbly, and I just love the affect she has on Edward Albert's character, such a fun movie.
  • April 20, 2008
    Nice film... just the type of film Goldie would be acting in :-)

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