A New Leaf (1971)

Director:

Elaine May

Writers:

Elaine May (writer)
Jack Ritchie (story)

Release Date:

19 July 1971 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Romeo and Juliet, Bob and Bing, Ulysses and Grant, George and Martha, Martha and John, Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice, Bob and Alice, Ted and Carol, Bob and Ted, Carol and Alice, Pat and Dick, Julie and David, Byron and His Sister, Bill and Coo, Liz and Eddie, Liz and Mike, Liz and Dick, Dick and Sybil, Eddie and Debbie, Muck and Meyer, Hollywood and Vine, Anthony and Cleopatra, and now Henry & Henrietta... the love couple of the seventies... and the laugh riot of the year.

Plot:

Examines the vapid life of a born to wealth New Yorker. After he spends all of what was left to him...

Plot Keywords:

Marriage Of Convenience | Redemption | Cynical | Bankruptcy | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Walter Matthau	...	Henry Graham
Elaine May	...	Henrietta Lowell
Jack Weston	...	Andy McPherson
George Rose	...	Harold
James Coco	...	Uncle Harry
Doris Roberts	...	Mrs. Traggert
Renée Taylor	...	Sally Hart
William Redfield	...	Beckett
Graham Jarvis	...	Bo
Jess Osuna	...	Frank
David Doyle	...	Mel
Fred Stewart	...	Mr. von Rensaeller
Gordon Mark	...	John
Rose Arrick	...	Gloria Cunliffe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ellen Stretton

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Maine, USA

Company:

Aries Productions

Trivia:

The running time before Robert Evans at Paramount had the film re-edited was 3 hours, and the actor who played the blackmailer (and whose part was cut from the film) was William Hickey.

Quotes:

Bo: He was an industrialist or a composer. Something like that.

Priceless...

A NEW LEAF is one of the funniest movies ever made. Walter Matthau is priceless as an infantile party boy who loses his fortune and must marry within a month before his sadistic uncle will bail him out. Elaine May, who wrote and directed, is a frumpy but very wealthy botanist who becomes Matthau's unlucky prey. A klutz who knows nothing but plants, May is terrific, but the movie belongs to Matthau. He is a snob of the highest order who makes no bones about looking down on everyone else. As his astute butler tells him, he's managed to keep alive traditions that died long before he was even born. When Matthau berates a society matron for being overly obsessed with her carpeting it's side-splitting. A NEW LEAF is full of hysterical scenes. BEWARE: Several scenes are eliminated from Paramount Picture's butchered version. Rent the Director's cut!