The Group (film)
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| The Group | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Produced by | Sidney Buchman |
| Written by | Sidney Buchman |
| Starring | Candice Bergen Elizabeth Hartman Shirley Knight Joanna Pettet |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1966 |
| Running time | 150 min |
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The Group is a 1966 ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel by Mary McCarthy about a group of female graduates from a Vassar-like college during the early 1930s .
The cast of this social satire includes Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Candice Bergen, Joanna Pettet and Joan Hackett. Also look for appearances by Larry Hagman ("Dallas") and Richard Mulligan ("Empty Nest", "Soap"). For its time, the movie touched on some controversial topics, such as free love, lesbianism and mental illness.
- It was nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
- Spoofed in MAD Magazine in 1966 as, "The Bunch."
- The Group at the Internet Movie Database
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