Butterflies Are Free

Butterflies Are Free

Infobox Film
name = Butterflies Are Free


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director = Milton Katselas
producer = M.J. Frankovich
writer = Leonard Gershe
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starring = Goldie Hawn,
Edward Albert,
Eileen Heckart,
Paul Michael Glaser,
Michael Warren
music = Bob Alcivar
cinematography = Charles B. Lang
editing = David Blewitt
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|United States 6 July, 1972,
flagicon|Finland 22 September, 1972,
flagicon|Sweden 2 November, 1972
runtime = 109mins
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0068326

"Butterflies Are Free" is a play by Leonard Gershe.

Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan blind man whose controlling mother disapproves of his relationship with a free-spirited hippie. The title was inspired by a passage in Charles Dickens' "Bleak House": "I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies."

After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Milton Katselas, opened on October 21, 1969 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 1128 performances. The cast included Keir Dullea, Blythe Danner, and Eileen Heckart, who later in the run was replaced by Gloria Swanson. Stephen Schwartz composed the title song.

Gershe, Katselas, and Heckart reunited for the 1972 screen adaptation (set in San Francisco) with Edward Albert and Goldie Hawn. Heckart won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Albert received a Golden Globe as Most Promising Male Newcomer.

Broadway awards and nominations

*Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Danner, winner; Heckart, nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominee)
*Theatre World Award (Dullea's replacement Kipp Osborne, winner)

External links

*ibdb title|id=3299|title=Butterflies Are Free
*imdb title|id=0068326| title=Butterflies Are Free


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