Jeremy

Jeremy (1973)

It's about the first time you fall in love.

Jeremy is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love.

Date of release
1973-08-01
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Director
Arthur Barron

Casting

Interesting facts

Jeremy is a 1973 American romantic-drama film starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor as two high school students who share a tentative month-long romance. It was the first film directed by Arthur Barron, and won the prize for Best First Work in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Benson was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as the title character.

Production

Conflicting information has been published regarding the conception, writing and direction of the film. According to author John Minahan, the film was based on his novel Jeremy which he began writing in 1972. He shared a pre-publication draft with his friend Arthur Barron, who was then a screenwriting instructor at Columbia University and a staff writer and producer of documentaries at NBC.

However, as documented in an article that appeared Variety in June 1973, Joseph Brooks, who was then a composer of advertising and film music, filed a dispute with United Artists claiming that he rather than Barron had conceived the film, written most of the script, cast and packaged the film with Kastner producing, and directed most of the film until Kastner fired him and replaced him with Barron, who according to Brooks had been an assistant.

Jeremy marked the professional acting and film debut of Glynnis O'Connor, and the breakthrough role for Benson. The two stars began dating in real life during production, leading to a long-term relationship, and they appeared again in the 1976 film Ode to Billy Joe.

Similar to the character he played, Benson had a hobby of handicapping and betting on horse races, and had even worked as a horse walker at the Aqueduct Racetrack until the time demands of making Jeremy forced him to quit.

Filming was done on location at a variety of Manhattan and Long Island locations, including Park Avenue, the High School of Performing Arts, the Mannes College of Music, and Belmont Park racetrack.

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