Friends

Friends (1971)

Who needs the world when you own the moon and stars.

Paul, a rich English boy, and Michelle, an orphaned French girl, run away from home to a remote beach. Living on their own, their friendship grows into love.

Date of release
1971-03-24
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Lewis Gilbert
Collection
Friends Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Friends is a 1971 British-French teen-romance film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. The soundtrack, with music composed by Elton John and Paul Buckmaster and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, was released as John's Friends album, and John's recording of the title selection charted when released as a single in the United States.

Production

Director Lewis Gilbert had a lucrative contract with Paramount at the time after the success of Alfie. He had just made The Adventurers for the studio and turned down The Godfather because they would not give him enough of a budget to make the movie the way he wanted.

The two leads were found after extensive screen testing. Gilbert wanted to cast Isabelle Adjani for the first but was unable to get her. It was a rare feature film part for Ronald Lewis in the 1970s.

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