Barefoot in the Park

Synopsis: New Yorkers Paul Bratter and Corie Bratter née Banks have just gotten married. He is a stuffed shirt just starting his career as a lawyer. She is an independently minded free spirit who prides herself on doing the illogical purely out of a sense of adventure, such acts as walking through Washington Square Park barefoot when it's 17°F outside. Their six day honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel shows that they can get to know each other easily in the biblical sense. But they will see if they can get to know each other in their real life when they move into their first apartment, a cozy (in other words, small), slightly broken down top floor unit in a five story walk-up. While Corie joyfully bounds up and down the stairs, Paul, always winded after the fact, hates the fact of having to walk up the six flights of stairs, if one includes the stairs that comprise the outside front stoop. Beyond the issues with the apartment itself, Paul and Corie will have to deal with an odd assortment of neighbors,

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director(s): Gene Saks

Actors: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick

Production: Paramount Home Video

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:: 83%

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: G
Year:: 1967
: 106 min
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Going...
Where it says
keep off the grass
Isn't recommended
for the very old
But when you're young
and you're in love
The world is beautiful
And I'm not a bit afraid
of you catching cold
Running barefoot
through the park
Searching bareheaded
in the rain
For a midwinter daisy
Seems kind of crazy
to do
But come along,
my barefoot love
To the fields
that shine with spring
We just got married!
Though it's 10 below
Let me go knee-deep
in daisies with you
La la la...
They just got married.
La la la
la la la la
La la la la la la
la la la la la
La la la la
la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la
la la la la la la la
La la
la la
Whoa!
This is the Plaza Hotel,
please.
Plaza.
Corie, it's the Plaza.
Wait a minute.
I'm not finished.
Corie, the man
is waiting.
Give him a big tip.
Paul, tell me you're not sorry
we got married.
After 40 minutes?
Let's give it
a couple of hours first.
If the honeymoon
doesn't work out,
let's not get divorced.
Let's kill each other.
Let's have
a maid do it.
I hear the service
here's wonderful.
Uh...
Here's...
Thank you.
Come on.
Good afternoon.
Yes.
My hand.
I need my hand.
"Mr. Paul Bratter. "
Yes.
Is Mrs. Bratter
staying with you?
My mother?
Oh! Mrs. Bratter, yes.
Mr. And Mrs. Bratter.
How long will you
be staying with us, Mr. Bratter?
Six days.
And nights.
It's a pleasure
to have you at the Plaza.
Ha ha ha!
Come on.
Corie, let's stop.
This way, please.
Ex-excuse me.
Excuse us, please.
Mr. Adams, I hope you realize
I'm only 15 years old.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
They're so stuffy
around here.
Is this what life
is going to be like
for the next
50 years?
Is that all we're going
to be married, 50 years?
That's not very long.
Wait. Don't make
rash judgments.
I think I'm going
to be a lousy wife.
Don't be angry with me.
I love you very much,
and I'm very sexy.
Then let's go inside.
I'm paying $30 a day.
O.K., Paul,
let's start the marriage.
Good luck, Paul.
Good luck, Corie.
Forget it. They're
never coming out.
How long
has it been now?
Five days.
Whew! That must be
a hotel record.
For a political
convention.
A honeymoon record
is nine days.
Wait a minute, Paul!
Where are you going?
Work.
I have to go to work.
I don't do this
for a living, you know.
Can't you call in sick?
I am sick,
but I have to go.
Last night you promised
you'd never leave me.
It's just till 5:30.
If it's a good marriage,
it'll last until 5:30.
See ya.
Tonight, hey?
What was that?
A kiss?
Would you get inside?
It's a nice hotel.
Was that a kiss?
If that's what kisses
are going to be like,
don't bother coming back
at 5:
30.
I can't kiss you
anymore.
My lips are numb.
Now will you please go inside.
If you don't give me
a real kiss,
I'm going to give you back
your pajamas.
Right now.
N...
W...
Wait!
Couldn't you
make it 4:
30?
Ahem!
Oh!
Tonight.
At the new apartment.
It's 49 West 10th Street.
I love you!
Yeah. Uh.
Thank you, Mr. Dooley.
Next time
you're in New York,
just call me up.
Hello?
Bratter?
Up here, top floor!
Top floor.
Take your time!
Yeah.
Top floor.
It's always
the top floor.
Whatever happened
to elevators?
Let's see.
The bed is 6 feet long
and the room
is 51/2 feet
and I'm in big trouble.
Tele...
Hi. Teleph...
Telephone company.
The phone?
Yeah.
Oh, great!
Come on in.
That's... that's
quite a climb.
Yes. Five flights,
if you don't count the front stoop.
Yeah, I counted
the front stoop.
Uh, would you like
a glass of water?
Please.
I'd offer you soda
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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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