Drive, He Said
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| Drive, He Said | |
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 Theatrical release poster. |
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| Directed by | Jack Nicholson |
| Produced by | Steve Blauner Jack Nicholson |
| Written by | Jeremy Larner Jack Nicholson |
| Starring | William Tepper Karen Black Bruce Dern Robert Towne Henry Jaglom |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Editing by | Donn Cambern Christopher Holmes Pat Somerset Robert L. Wolfe |
| Release date(s) |  June 13, 1971 June 30, 1971 July 24, 1971 |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Drive, He Said (1971) is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures, based upon a novel of the same name by Jeremy Larner. The film is mainly notable as the first directorial effort of actor Jack Nicholson after his success as an actor in Easy Rider (1969) and Five Easy Pieces (1970).
It also had an interesting cast, with Karen Black, Bruce Dern, and regular Nicholson collaborators Robert Towne and Henry Jaglom in leading roles. Familiar faces such as David Ogden Stiers and Cindy Williams were also featured in small supporting roles. It was filmed on the campus of the University of Oregon and in the city of Eugene, Oregon.
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[edit] Promotional Taglines
"The Disenchantment of an All-American Jock"
"DON'T LIE DON'T CHEAT AND DON'T BE AFRAID!"
[edit] Movie Synopsis
The film is an examination of libidinous basketball star Hector Bloom (William Tepper), and contrasts his sporting prowess on the court to his bedroom antics. Mostly notably, Hector has an affair with his favourite professor's wife Olive (Karen Black) that goes nowhere. This, and many other events occur within a heated early 1970s backdrop of university politics, sporting hijinx, and anti-war rebellion sentiments.
[edit] Critical Reception
Contemporary reviewers of the film were split in their reception of it. Steven Scheuer found the film "utterly downbeat, and unfortunately dated" (Scheuer, 1990: 294) even at the time of its release. On the other hand, while Roger Ebert found the film "disorganized" he also said it was "occasionally brilliant" with the performances being "the best thing in the movie" (Ebert, 1972).
In contrast, Leonard Maltin found the film "confusing", and in spite of fine acting performances still "loses itself in its attempt to cover all the bases" (Maltin, 1991: 325). Vincent Canby was complementary when he lauded the film as being "so much better than all of the rest of the campus junk Hollywood has manufactured in the last couple of years" but felt that the lead male performance was a let-down for the film as a whole (Canby, 1971).
[edit] References
- Canby, Vincent (1971) Drive, He Said The New York Times, June 14, 1971. (accessed 9 January 2008). [1]
- Ebert, Roger (1972) Drive, He Said Chicago Sun-Times, January 1, 1972. (accessed 9 January 2008). [2]
- Maltin, Leonard (1991) Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1992, Signet, New York.
- Scheuer, Steven H. (1990) Movies on TV and Videocassette, Bamtam Books, New York.
