YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW. Coppola’s first big budget movie defined me in 1967 wherein a suburban nebish escapes a clininging mother (Geraldine Page) to sample the temptations of New York City. With the Lovin’ Spoonful (John Sebastian) on the soundtrack it had a subversive counter culture tone. Peter Kastner is the big boy.
Big Boy Bernie is introduced to drugs by his shallow, poet co-worker (Tony Bill) and promptly falls for a man-hating actress/go go dancer (Elizabeth Hartman). Memorable scenes: a quick tour of sleazy sex shops in Time Square, flying a kite in Central Park on a sunny day and the off-Broadway risque play “The Department Store.”
Memorable line: Bernie learned from his parents “self loathing and self doubt.”
I ordered the VHS tape from Sun Coast Video in 1992 at Southdale and bought the soundtrack LP at a Woolworth’s in 1972.
Big Boy was overshadowed a few months after it debuted by another coming of age comedy, The Graduate, which was dark LA while Big Boy is whimsical NYC.
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That name is a mouthful.
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