The Group (film)
| The Group | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Written by | Sidney Buchman |
| Produced by | Sidney Buchman |
| Starring | Candice Bergen Joan Hackett Elizabeth Hartman Shirley Knight Joanna Pettet |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Ralph Rosenblum |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
Production company | Famartists Productions S.A. |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | 4 March 1966 |
Running time | 150 min |
| Language | English |
The Group is a 1966 ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy about a group of female graduates from a Vassar-like college during the early 1930s.
The cast of this social satire includes Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Jessica Walter, Kathleen Widdoes, and Joanna Pettet. The film also features small roles for Hal Holbrook, Carrie Nye, James Broderick, Larry Hagman and Richard Mulligan (Empty Nest, Soap). For its time, the movie touched on some controversial topics, such as free love, contraception, abortion, lesbianism and mental illness.
The movie has never been issued in any consumer format, including VHS or DVD.
Cultural impact
- Joan Hackett was nominated for the British BAFTA Film Award for the best foreign (i.e. non-British) actress.
- Spoofed in MAD Magazine in 1966 as "The Bunch."