Taking Off Page #6

Synopsis: Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Milos Forman
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 6 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1971
93 min
253 Views


No.

Well Ben and I, Ben,

that's my husband...

we found since Nancy's been gone...

just in looking for her it's

brought us closer together.

Really our relationship is closer...

more profound.

Maybe you and I can look some

more, together... for your girl?

- Not up on those roofs?

- No no, I mean on the street.

Oh yeah, that would be

very nice. I'd like that.

- Good. Let me make one

short phoencall, ok? - Alright.

Lynn, don't get excited...

I have not found her but I have found

someone who's seen her and she...

She's arrested.

She's arrested for shoplifting.

She's in jail. She's 300 miles away.

We have to bring her home.

She's in upstate New York.

We have to gp and bring her home.

It's Sunday,

as it was a week ago.

Seven days eternity.

People living,

I want to live too,

But it is Sunday...

What did she steal?

A Japanese

portable television set.

Sony?

Mitsubishi.

- Mr & Mrs Tyne?

- Yes.

Where is she?

- What?

- I said where is she.

- Where's who?

- Where's our daughter.

-She's sitting right over there in the

bench. -No no that's Corrina Divito.

No, this is Jeannie Tyne.

- Now wait a minute. Your Mr & Mrs Tyne?

- Yes, of course but...

- What's your name?

- Corrina Divito.

Please Mrs D.. Mrs Tyne!

Go ahead, what's your name?

Give me a couple of minutes.

Thank you very much.

- What happened?

- I don't know.

This girl is not your daughter.

She now maintains her

name is Corrina Divito.

She says she know nothing

of your daughter's wherebaouts

and used her name as an alias

at the time of apprehension to...

For fear of parental disapproval.

I'm sorry this had to happen, but...

If you'd like some coffee?

When that call came

from the policeman,

and he asid Jeannie was

arrested for shoplifting,

it was so awful.

Anything but that, anything!

And then when we went there,

and we saw that little

girl sitting in the chair,

I wished it had been Jeannie.

Look Lynn, there's

nothing wrong with her.

She's not under arrest,

she hasn't had an accident.

She's off somewhere having a

terrific time with her friends...

she's having fun while we're breaking

our necks running around and...

driving from place to place

like a couple of maniacs.

If we were smart, we'd be

having as much fun as she is!

That's what we ought to do, go

somewhere and have some fun!

- I'd like another gin gimlet on the

rocks. - No no no, wait a minute!

- Another gin gimlet on the rocks.

- Hang on a minute, we've had enough.

- But you're the one that said...

- Just the cheque please.

- No, just a second...

- Just the cheque, that's all ok.

We've had a good time but we've

got 4 hours drive back to New York.

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Miloš Forman

Jan Tomáš Forman (born 18 February 1932 in Čáslav), known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor, who until 1968 lived and worked primarily in Czechoslovakia. more…

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