Liza Minnelli gives a striking performance as Pookie Adams – a kooky lonely college student who expresses her insecurity by making enemies every time she opens her mouth – in her first encounter with love.
While she and quiet studious biology student Jerry Payne (screen newcomer Wendell Burton) initially think their devotion is everlasting, maturity and ambition make them realise they are not really for each other.
Minnelli and Burton are more than convincing as a couple disillusioned with life. Tim McIntire co-stars as Jerry’s dormitory roommate.
This very realistic and heartbreaking love story received two Oscar nominations, one for Minnelli (Best Actress) and one for Fred Karlin and Dory Previn for their song, Come Saturday Morning.
The film was shot on location on the campus at the historic Hamilton College in the peaceful rolling hills of upstate New York.
Released in some markets as Pookie.
Pookie Adams
Liza Minnelli Jerry Payne
Wendell Burton Charlie Schumacher
Tim McIntire
Director
Alan J Pakula
Related Posts
Stooge, The (1951) Bill Miller (Dean Martin) is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his agent Leo Lyman, (Eddie Mayehoff), convinces him to enhance…
Strawberry Statement, The (1970) Easy Rider (1969) showed studio executives that they didn't need to wear a tie to the office and that there was…
Doctor Faustus (1967) Richard Burton stars as the centuries-old Christopher Marlowe character, Doctor Faustus, who sells his soul to Lucifer (David McIntosh) in…
Surf Party (1964) Terry (Patricia Morrow), Sylvia (Lory Patrick), and Junior (Jackie DeShannon) arrive in Malibu Beach from Arizona to vacation and to…
Silent Movie (1976) In a (virtually) dialogue-free movie, Mel Brooks plays film director Mel Funn, who plans to make a modern-day silent movie…
Dentist in the Chair (1960) Based on a book by Matthew Finch and set in a dental training college, this unremarkable little comedy will set your…
Cleopatra (1963) For her role as the last pharaoh of Egypt in Fox's gargantuan Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor audaciously asked for and received,…
Staircase (1969) Prissy, brow-beaten and "motherly" Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) has run a Brixton barbershop with his preening, mincing, bitching partner Charlie…
While she and quiet studious biology student Jerry Payne (screen newcomer Wendell Burton) initially think their devotion is everlasting, maturity and ambition make them realise they are not really for each other.
