Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Directed by Milton Katselas
Genres - Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Release Date - Jul 6, 1972 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 109 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Leonard Gershe based his play Butterflies are Free on a real-life blind attorney. The film version stars Edward Albert as Don Baker, a self-reliant, sightless young man who becomes the object of affection for kooky Jill (Goldie Hawn). Spending most of the film in nothing but her underwear, Jill makes love to Don, then tries to help him break free from the smothering influence of his mother, a children's-story writer (Eileen Heckart). The situation grows tense when Jill's boyfriend (Paul Michael Glaser) enters the scene. Eileen Heckart won an Academy Award for her performance.
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actor, blindness [physical], child, family, handicap, independence, love, mother, over-protective, romance