| Friends | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Produced by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Written by | Lewis Gilbert Vernon Harris Jack Russell |
| Starring | Sean Bury Anicée Alvina |
| Music by | Elton John Bernie Taupin |
| Cinematography | Andréas Winding |
| Editing by | Anne V. Coates |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 24, 1971 (USA) |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
Friends is a 1971 film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. The soundtrack by Elton John and Bernie Taupin was released as the Friends album. The film was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at the 1972 Grammy Awards.[1]
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In this teen romance, a young neglected English boy (Sean Bury) runs away and becomes friends with a French girl (Anicée Alvina) on the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France (the Camargue), become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults, discovering along the way many of the troubles involved, before ultimately becoming separated by police responding to a missing persons report.
In the 1974 sequel, Paul and Michelle, the young family is reunited and has to cope with a new love interest for the girl, and the difficulties of work and college while trying to maintain a family.
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