Carnal Knowledge

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Original title: Carnal Knowledge
Year: 1971
Running time: 98 min.
Country: United States
Director: Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Jules Feiffer. Theater: Jules Feiffer
Music: Varios
Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel, Rita Moreno, Cynthia O'Neal, Carol Kane
Producer: AVCO Embassy Pictures
Genre: Drama. Romance | Friendship. Independent Film (US). Schools & University
Synopsis: The sex lives of two lifelong friends provide the basis for this satirical sex comedy that features Jack Nicholson and folk-rocker Art Garfunkle. The men become friends in college, and the story chronicles their romantic exploits and changing attitudes about sex over the next thirty years.

Awards: 1971: Nominated for Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Ann-Margret)

1971: Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actress (Ann-Margret). 3 Nominations

1971: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Ann-Margret)

1971: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Comedy Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"'Carnal Knowledge' is clearly Mike Nichols' best film. It sets out to tell us certain things about these few characters and their sexual crucifixions, and it succeeds (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"A rather superficial and limited probe of American male sexual hypocrisies"

Variety
"This feeling of incompleteness is very much a part of what I take to be one of the more original, concerned and merciless American comedies of recent years"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Older teens may view this '70s classic as a treatise on ancient history, but this sharply observed piece is as relevant as ever (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker: Common Sense Media
"This was never quite the major assault on sexism and male chauvinism it set itself up to be. For one thing (...) [the parts] are much better than the whole"

Tom Milne: Time Out

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