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Bookmark this pageThe Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
Director: Alan J Pakula
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From Time Out Film Guide
Pakula's debut as a director, two years before making Klute, is one of those rare American films which manage to be gently observational without succumbing to the Europeanism of Mazursky or Cassavetes. Liza Minnelli, improbably, is the kook of the title, a college girl who tumbles through an autumn romance with a bashful student (Burton). Not a lot happens: the camera watches, winter comes, the kids split up, Pookie drops out...but the sympathy of the direction for once makes ...romantic realism likeable.Author: CA
Cast & crew
Director: Alan J Pakula
Producer: Alan J Pakula
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire, Elizabeth Harrower, Austin Green full cast
Duration: 107 mins
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