Milos Forman's first US movie is a rather dated look at the mores of the country he had just adopted. At the time of its release, critics welcomed the Czech-born Forman's skewed perspective on a transitional period of American culture, but today the film, like so much else from the late
60s and early 70s, can best be appreciated as a historical curio.
Heacock is a a teenager who has run away from her affluent Long Island home and settled in New York's East Village, where she hopes to make a career as a singer. Parents Carlin and Henry team up with Lindley, who also has a runaway child, to search for their daughter amidst the countercultural
milieu that they fea...
Released:
1971
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins