Carnal Knowledge Page #7

Synopsis: The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives. Their story begins in the late 1940s when they are roommates attending Amherst College together. Both virgins, they discuss the type of woman they would each like to end up with. Sandy, the more sensitive of the two, meets Susan at a mixer, she who he believes is going to be the one to who he will lose his virginity. Sandy goes through the process methodically, taking into account what he thinks Susan wants, but without much true passion or romance. Jonathan, the more sexually aggressive of the two, ends up losing his virginity first to "Myrtle", who ends up being a steady but hidden girlfriend. Based on what each knows of the other's relationship, both Jonathan and Sandy strive for a little more of what the other has. These relationships also set
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Mike Nichols
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1971
98 min
966 Views


did you?

No.

Why not?

He looks at me

with such trust.

How do I

look at you?

With bitterness.

It used to be trust.

At least

you know my thoughts.

Did you tell him?

What do you think?

No.

So, what

do we do now?

( clears throat )

I don't know.

I guess

I get an ultimatum.

Do you think there's

any sense in this?

In what?

In you and me.

That's up to you.

No, it's up to you.

I don't see

any point in it.

I wish

I were wrong.

I don't feel

anything anymore.

Neither do I.

The reason I didn't

say anything to Sandy...

I knew he wouldn't

believe me.

And I'd go into details

so he would have

to believe me.

And I knew he'd come

running to you,

and I knew you'd

tell him everything

I said was true,

and I knew

then you'd go

to bed with him.

Yeah, that sounds

like what would happen.

( sighs )

So?

So?

Jonathan...

I'll always be your friend.

Jesus, Susan, I hope not.

Sandy:

It's going to be buggy.

Susan:
It's not

going to be buggy.

It's the tropics.

What do you mean?

It's the jungle.

You can't

cover yourself

from head to toe.

I'll get

eaten alive.

You don't know

what it's like.

You've never

camped out before.

Isn't he being

silly, Jonathan?

- I am not.

- Are too.

- Am not.

- Are too.

You're a real

city boy.

How about the cot?

Come on, sweetie,

we've got a sleeping bag.

You're really serious

about sleeping

on the ground?

You are a baby.

Christ, this

knapsack's heavy.

Well, I told you

you overpacked.

What in the world

do you plan to do

with a pillowcase?

Put it back.

Well, you are a nut.

Isn't he a nut,

Jonathan?

You pack your things.

Let me pack mine.

I'm just

trying to help.

Well, help

your own stuff.

You have

packing to do.

We don't

even have room.

We're going

in a little car...

( music playing )

Jesus...

You want her?

I wouldn't

kick her out of bed.

Will you look at

the pair on her?

Get a look at that

schmuck trying to

keep up with her.

They're always

with guys like that.

That guy must be

60 if he's a day.

Maybe he'll

have a heart attack.

You could save his life.

Get her number

and f*** her.

( both laugh )

You bastard...

Bastard...

How's Susan?

Couldn't be better.

I always said it,

and I say it now.

You found yourself

a jewel.

She is a jewel.

Not bad, that one.

Listen, you must

be getting more

than your share.

I'd get married in

a minute if I could

find the right girl.

Bullshit artist.

You and your

actress friends.

Are you kidding,

Doctor?

You're the one

that's got the deal.

I mean,

what can I say?

"Take your

clothes off, baby,

I wanna check your

capital gains."

I just look.

( coughs )

Sure, you do.

I really do.

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Jules Feiffer

Jules Ralph Feiffer (born January 26, 1929) is an American syndicated cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.When Feiffer was 17 (in the mid-1940s) he became assistant to cartoonist Will Eisner. There he helped Eisner write and illustrate his comic strips, including The Spirit. He then became a staff cartoonist at The Village Voice beginning in 1956, where he produced the weekly comic strip titled Feiffer until 1997. His cartoons became nationally syndicated in 1959 and then appeared regularly in publications including the Los Angeles Times, the London Observer, The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, and The Nation. In 1997 he created the first op-ed page comic strip for the New York Times, which ran monthly until 2000. He has written more than 35 books, plays and screenplays. His first of many collections of satirical cartoons, Sick, Sick, Sick, was published in 1958, and his first novel, Harry, the Rat With Women, in 1963. He wrote The Great Comic Book Heroes in 1965: the first history of the comic-book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s and a tribute to their creators. In 1979 Feiffer created his first graphic novel, Tantrum. By 1993 he began writing and illustrating books aimed at young readers, with several of them winning awards. Feiffer began writing for the theater and film in 1961, with plays including Little Murders (1967), Feiffer's People (1969), and Knock Knock (1976). He wrote the screenplay for Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Mike Nichols, and Popeye (1980), directed by Robert Altman. Besides writing, he is currently an instructor with the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton. more…

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