The Group (film)
1966 film by Sidney Lumet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Group is a 1966 American ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy about the lives of a group of eight female graduates from Vassar from 1933 to 1940.
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Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
Written by | Sidney Buchman |
Based on | The Group 1963 novel by Mary McCarthy |
Produced by | Sidney Buchman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
Edited by | Ralph Rosenblum |
Music by | Charles Gross |
Production company | Famartists Productions S.A. |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.4 million[1] |
Box office | $6 million[2] |
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The cast of this social satire includes Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Jessica Walter, Kathleen Widdoes, and Joanna Pettet.[3] The film also features small roles for Hal Holbrook, Carrie Nye, James Broderick, Larry Hagman and Richard Mulligan.[3] The film touched on controversial topics for its time: free love, contraception, abortion, lesbianism, and mental illness.