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Cactus Flower
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Cactus Flower is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks and produced by M. J. Frankovich through Frankovich Productions. The screenplay was written by I. A. L. Diamond, based on a work by Jean-Pierre Grédy and Pierre Barillet. The cast includes Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, and Jack Weston. Charles Lang served as the director of photography, with music composed by Quincy Jones. The narrative is set in New York City.
The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, with availability on video on demand and Amazon Prime Video. It has a runtime of approximately 103 to 104 minutes. The production cost was 3,000,000, and it generated 25,800,000 in revenue. Cactus Flower was nominated for and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. It is held in the Museum of Modern Art collection and is the basis for the derivative work Just Go with It.
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7.2A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Dr. Julian Winston
- Ingrid Bergman as Stephanie Dickinson
- Goldie Hawn as Toni Simmons
- Jack Weston as Harvey Greenfield
- Rick Lenz as Igor Sullivan
- Vito Scotti as Señor Arturo Sánchez
Themes
- nurse
- mine
- lovelorn
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
12,208 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- M
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gene Saks
- Screenplay by
- I. A. L. Diamond
- Based on
- Cactus Flower , by Abe Burrows
- Produced by
- M. J. Frankovich
- Starring
- Walter Matthau Ingrid Bergman Goldie Hawn
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
- Edited by
- Maury Winetrobe
- Music by
- Quincy Jones
- Production company
- Frankovich Productions
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- December 16, 1969 ( 1969-12-16 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $25.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Gene Saks
- Screenwriter
- I. A. L. Diamond
- Cast member
- Irene Hervey
- Composer
- Quincy Jones
- Producer
- M. J. Frankovich
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 262341
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1969-12-24
- title
- Cactus Flower
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- after a work by
- Pierre Barillet
- Commons category
- Cactus Flower (film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- derivative work
- Just Go with It
- capital cost
- 3000000
- review score
- 85%
- box office
- 25889208
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Encyclopedic overview
Cactus Flower is a 1969 American screwball comedy film directed by Gene Saks, and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
The screenplay was adapted by I. A. L. Diamond from the 1965 Broadway play of the same title written by Abe Burrows, which, in turn, is based on the French play Fleur de cactus by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy. Cactus Flower was the tenth highest-grossing film of 1969.
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