The Knack …and How to Get It
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| The Knack...and How to Get It | |
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 original film poster |
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| Directed by | Richard Lester |
| Produced by | Oscar Lewenstein |
| Written by | Charles Wood |
| Starring | Michael Crawford Rita Tushingham |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  3 June, 1965 29 June 1965 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | UK |
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| IMDb profile | |
The Knack ...and How to Get It is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester based on the play by Ann Jellicoe. It depicts the sexual competition between three roommates — the aggressive, womanizing drummer Tolen (Ray Brooks), the shy, paranoid schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford), and the neutral artist Tom (Donal Donnelly) — when a young girl from out of town, Nancy (Rita Tushingham), enters their London world.
Making the film immediately after working with The Beatles on A Hard Day’s Night and just prior to Help, Lester made major changes to the play, adding his own touch through direct address, unexpected oddly-edited sequences, humorous subtitles, and a Greek chorus of disapproving members of "the older generation". The film had Lester's distinctive look. "He’s a very visual man,” said actor Ray Brooks, talking about the film in the Eighties. "They reckon that you could take any frame from Help, The Knack and A Hard Day’s Night and you could put it on the cover of Time/Life. Everything was so beautifully shot.”[1]
Lester himself makes a brief cameo as an annoyed bystander. John Barry contributed the jazzy score. Charlotte Rampling, Jacqueline Bisset and Jane Birkin all made their first cinematic appearances in the film as extras.
The film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965.
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- The Knack ...and How to Get It at the Internet Movie Database
- The Knack ...and How to Get It at Rotten Tomatoes
- Cannes profile
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| Preceded by The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 1965 |
Succeeded by A Man and a Woman tied with The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |
