Movie
Taking Off
Overview
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-03-28
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Music, Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Crown-Hausman, Renn Productions, Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lynn Carlin as Lynn Tyne
- Buck Henry as Larry Tyne
- Georgia Engel as Margot
- Tony Harvey as Tony
- Audra Lindley as Ann Lockston
- Paul Benedict as Ben Lockston
- Vincent Schiavelli as Schiavelli
- David Gittler as Jamie
- Ike Turner as Self
- Tina Turner as Self
- Linnea Heacock as Jeannie Tyne
- Rae Allen as Mrs. Divito
Crew
- Miloš Forman - Director
- John Guare - Writer
- Jean-Claude Carrière - Writer
- Jon Klein - Writer
- Miloš Forman - Writer
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