Friends (1971 film)

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Friends

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 dates	March 24, 1971 (USA)
Running time	101 min.
Language	English

Friends is a 1971 teen-romance film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris, and Jack Russell. The soundtrack, with music composed by Elton John and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, was released as the Friends album, and John's recording of the title selection charted when released as a single in the United States.^{[citation needed]} 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]

Plot

In this teen romance, a young neglected English boy named Paul Harrison (Sean Bury) runs away and becomes a friend of a French girl named Michelle La Tour (Anicée Alvina) on the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France; specifically, the Camargue. There, they become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults. Along the way, both Paul and Michelle discover many of the troubles that can be involved with family life.

Ultimately, however, police who have responded to a missing-persons report separate the two and, presumably, take their baby into protective custody.

Sequel

Main article: Paul and Michelle

In the 1974 sequel, Paul and Michelle, the young family has been reunited, and Paul Harrison has to cope with not only a new love interest for Michelle La Tour-Harrison, but also the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying to maintain their family.

Cast

Sean Bury ..... Paul Harrison
Anicée Alvina ..... Michelle La Tour
Ronald Lewis ..... Mr. Robert Harrison (father of Paul)
Toby Robins ..... Mrs. Gardner
Joan Hickson ..... Lady in Bookstore
Pascale Roberts ..... Annie
Sady Rebbot ..... Pierre

References

↑ New York Times

External links

Friends at the Internet Movie Database

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1960s	Light Up the Sky! (1960) Sink the Bismarck! (1960) The Greengage Summer (1961) H.M.S. Defiant (1962) The 7th Dawn (1964) Alfie (1966) You Only Live Twice (1967)

1970s	The Adventurers (1970) Friends (1971) Paul and Michelle (1974) Operation Daybreak (1975) Seven Nights in Japan (1976) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Moonraker (1979)

1980s	Educating Rita (1983) Not Quite Paradise (1985) Shirley Valentine (1989)

1990s	Stepping Out (1991) Haunted (1995)

2000s	Before You Go (2002)

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