{"id":93955,"date":"2023-12-15T21:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T04:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93955"},"modified":"2023-12-16T20:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T03:55:05","slug":"taking-off-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93955","title":{"rendered":"Taking Off (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;How many times have we found our children, only to lose them again?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Poster.png 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen their teenage daughter (Linnea Heacock) goes missing, Mrs. Tyne (Lynn Carlin) and her husband Larry (Buck Henry) join the Society for Parents of Fugitive Children, where they learn to smoke pot and and mingle with a pair of freewheeling new friends (Audra Lindley and Paul Benedict).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Generation Gap<\/li>\n<li>Milos Forman Films<\/li>\n<li>Runaways<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMilos Forman&#8217;s American debut was this time-capsule comedic sketch about generational alienation during the height of the countercultural era. We quickly learn that Mr. and Mrs. Tyne &#8212; rather than their missing daughter, who only speaks a few words &#8212; are the true protagonists of the film, representing all the well-meaning but utterly clueless parents of teenagers seeking more expressive, less repressive lives for themselves. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Carlin-Henry.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Chatting.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expansiveness of this desire is well encapsulated by the sprawling opening sequence (actually intercut throughout the entire first half of the screenplay) wherein dozens of teenage girls audition for an unknown show. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Auditioning-Guitarist.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93497\"><em>The Fireman&#8217;s Ball<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, Forman seems to take great delight in showing a wide variety of distinctive young female faces. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Glasses.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Braces.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Beehive.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Face1.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Carlin and Henry socialize with their seemingly square friends (Georgia Engel and Tony Harvey):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Friends.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and after a series of phone calls, nebbishy Henry (giving off serious Woody Allen vibes) is sent out on the town to comb for his daughter, which leads him to meet a married woman (Audra Lindley) he instantly hits it off with. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Henry-Lindley.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventually Carlin, Henry, Lindley, and Benedict all end up at a massive banquet for parents just like themselves, looking for their teenage children who have gone astray. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Banquet.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an extended gag, the banquet-goers engage in an experiential lesson in pot smoking &#8212; and after this, we see a hotel-room strip poker game far wilder than anything the parents&#8217; kids are getting into. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Strip-Poker.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seemingly improvisational narrative (actually co-scripted by Forman, John Guare, and Jean-Claude Carri\u00e8re) is all crafted to highlight the absurdity and hypocrisy of parents whose concern for their kids might be much better placed examining their own lives and neuroticisms. Watch for numerous recognizable names and faces as peripheral members of the cast, including Kathy (&#8220;Bobo&#8221;) Bates, Carly Simon, and Jessica Harper auditioning: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Bates.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Vincent Schiavelli (playing himself) as the pot-smoking instructor: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Schiavelli.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Ike and Tina Turner performing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Tina-Turner.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most startling random sequence: a nude young female cellist performs in a restaurant. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quirky performances by the leads<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Convention.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective use of location shooting in New York City<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-1024x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-New-York-Henry.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several humorous sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-F-Word-Song.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Taking-Off-Smoking.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look for its cultural relevance and as Forman&#8217;s American debut. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067820\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/03\/29\/archives\/the-screen-taking-offmilos-forman-directs-a-charming-farce.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2010\/cteq\/milos-formans-taking-off-the-foreigner-seeks-to-understand-and-laughs\/\">Senses of Cinema Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/taking-off\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How many times have we found our children, only to lose them again?&#8221; Synopsis: When their teenage daughter (Linnea Heacock) goes missing, Mrs. Tyne (Lynn Carlin) and her husband Larry (Buck Henry) join the Society for Parents of Fugitive Children, where they learn to smoke pot and and mingle with a pair of freewheeling new friends (Audra Lindley and Paul Benedict). 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