Move

Move (1970)

It's kinky.

A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.

Date of release
1970-07-31
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Director
Stuart Rosenberg

Casting

Interesting facts

Move is a 1970 American comedy film starring Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss and Geneviève Waïte, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was written by Joel Lieber and Stanley Hart, adapted from a novel by Lieber.

Production

The film was based on Move!, a novel by Joel Lieber which was published in 1968. The Chicago Tribune called the novel "largely amusing, sometimes puzzling." The New York Times called it "very funny."

In February 1968, before the novel had been published, 20th Century Fox announced they had bought the screen rights for $85,000. They called it a "dirty Barefoot in the Park." Stuart Rosenberg was to direct, Pandro Berman to produce and Dustin Hoffman to star. Lieber did the first screenplay.

By February 1969, the lead had become Elliott Gould. In March, Gould signed a non-exclusive four-picture contract with Fox, the first of which was to be MASH and the second was supposed to be Move. Paula Prentiss signed in July. Shortly after, Genevieve Waite, who had been in Joanna, was announced as the third lead.

Gould was going to make Move after MASH when Columbia came to him with Getting Straight so he delayed the film to do that one. "Columbia said if I didn't take the part they'd drop it", he said. "I was the only actor they'd go with. I was never so flattered in my life."

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