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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousWittyExciting
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Plot:
- Opposites AttractDangerEscapadesHeroesLove and RomanceCouplesBattle of the SexesRescue more...
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Genres:
- AdventureComedyRomanceWar
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Time/Period:
- 20th CenturyWorld War 2
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Place:
- Battle ZoneIsland
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Humor:
- Verbal ByplaySilly Humor
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Father Goose, 1964
English, French, Japanese
USA
Profile of Father Goose
Father Goose can be described as witty, feel good, and exciting. The plot revolves around opposites attracting, escapades, and heroes. Its comic aspect comes from verbal byplay and silly humor. Father Goose's main genres are comedy, romance, and adventure. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a battlezone and on an island. Father Goose takes place during World War 2. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a date night.
Summary of Father Goose
This World War II comedy stars Cary Grant in an uncharacteristic turn as Walter Eckland. Walter is an unshaven bum who inhabits a deserted island in the South Seas. Completely boozed up, unshaven, and badly dressed, Walter is a watcher for Japanese spy planes. An Australian Navy Commander, Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard) has pressed Walter, who once had his own cruiser at the beginning of the war, to become the sole occupant of a strategic watching station. It is into this world that smart and sexy Catherine Frenau (Leslie Caron) is drawn when Walter, en route in a dinghy to rescue another watcher, stumbles on to the schoolteacher and a flock of seven young girls. The girls have been marooned because their pilot was ordered to leave them to rescue the survivors of an abandoned bomber. Ralph Nelson directs shrewdly and keeps the comedy crisp as these eight survivors try to inhabit the same small island without driving each other crazy. The sharp witted Academy Award winning screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff, is based on a story by S.H. Barnett.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Japanese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 December 1964 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Walter Christopher Eckland
as Catherine Freneau
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