Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run (1970)

3 months ago Rabbit Angstrom ran out to buy his wife cigarettes. He hasn't come home yet.

Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand. After a moment's contemplation, he decides to leave. Taking his coat and car keys, he's off and running on a rambling, aimless journey.

Date of release
1970-10-01
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jack Smight

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run is a 1970 American independent drama film directed by Jack Smight and written and produced by Howard B. Kreitsek, based on John Updike's 1960 novel. It stars James Caan as Rabbit Angstrom, Carrie Snodgress as Rabbit's wife Janice, and Anjanette Comer as his girlfriend Ruth. It co-stars Jack Albertson as Coach Marty Tothero, Arthur Hill as Rev. Jack Eccles, and Henry Jones and Josephine Hutchinson as Rabbit's parents.

Production

James Caan later said he did this film instead of M*A*S*H, adding, "I was at odds — not screaming or fighting — with this guy, writer Howard Kreitsek... Some of the dialogue was horrendous. And I said, "I can't say this!" And they would say, "Well, John Updike wrote it!" So I said, "Well then get fuckin' Updike to play it!" It was just not good.

Following a dispute over the cut of the film submitted by producer Howard B. Kreitsek, director Smight asked Warner Bros. and the Directors Guild of America for his name to be removed from the film.

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