Greetings (1968)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Charles Hirsch (written by) and
Brian De Palma (written by)

Release Date:

28 January 1970 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

An offbeat, episodic film about three friends, Paul, a shy love-seeker, Lloyd, a vibrant conspiracy nut...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Kennedy Assassination | Sexuality | Statue Of Liberty | Anti Establishment

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jonathan Warden	...	Paul Shaw
Robert De Niro	...	Jon Rubin
Gerrit Graham	...	Lloyd Clay
Richard Hamilton	...	Pop Artist
Megan McCormick	...	Marina
Tina Hirsch	...	Tina (as Bettina Kugel)
Jack Cowley	...	Fashion Photographer
Jane Lee Salmons	...	Model
Ashley Oliver	...	Bronx Secretary
Melvin Morgulis	...	'Rat' Vendor
Cynthia Peltz	...	Divorcee
Peter Maloney	...	Earl Roberts
Rutanya Alda	...	Linda (Shoplifter) (as Ruth Alda)
Ted Lescault	...	Bookstore Manager
Mona Feit	...	Mystic

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Bookmasters Book Store, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

West End Films

Trivia:

This was the first film in the United States to receive an "X" rating (in its original release). It opened in New York on 15 December 1968.

Quotes:

Jon Rubin: Like the fisherman who keeps a list of areas where fishing is especially good, the peeper has in mind a number of particularly livley places to which he returns....hmmm

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

So Loose and So Slow

Teehee, De Niro was so funny

People often say 'Robert De Niro has sold his soul to comedy in the last 4 or 5 years'. Well, not really. It may Travis Bickle, Johnny Boy Cavello, Max Cady and Jake LaMotta that he is most widely recognised as playing and he makes a truly astonishing bad-guy-of-many-layers. But 'Greetings' is one of his very first movies and it is certainly a comedy role. And a hilarious one too. He plays peeping-Jon (teehee) convincingly and humourously. The 6-minute static shot of the girl in the window he is directing is very, very funny, and goes in as one of my all time classic comedy scenes. It had me in stitches.

There are though, times where the film drags. A scene at a party for instance where in the foreground we see a man talking about 'Nam and in the background is Jon Reubins (De Niro) looking at a long haired girl in a fur coat drags on and on.

The performances however are excellent. De Niro was absoloutely goregeous at 24 (even with glasses and pornstar moustache) and was wroth the price of this rarity alone. De Palma in my opinion has only done a handful of genuine classics, and this is not one of them. it is though a very funny and interesting, atmospheric film with one or two classicly funny sequences. And a very odd musical score.