Name: Fools
Director: Tom Gries
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-12-23
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 3.3
Cast: Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands, Roy Jenson, Mark Bramhall

A washed-up horror star and a trapped housewife touch each other and let go of the world — literally.

melodramatic fever dream70s angst casserolesoapy with pretensions

Overview

Drama

A horror actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.

Content warning

actor starting over

escape vs. responsibilityperformance as identitymarital imprisonmentfleeting connection

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jason Robards commits hard to this nonsense. Respect.

Best for:Solo·Date Night

Heads up:Sexual Content

Director

Tom Gries

ReleasedDec 23, 1970

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Translor Films

Top Cast

Jason Robards

Matthew South

Katharine Ross

Anais Appleton

Scott Hylands

David Appleton

Roy Jenson

Man in the Park

Mark Bramhall

Man in the Park

Brady Rubin

Girl in the Movie (as Vera Stough)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Katharine Ross made this right after The Graduate — talk about falling off a cliff. Director Tom Gries was a TV veteran who won an Emmy for The Glass Menagerie.

Cultural

This bombed so hard it basically disappeared, becoming a weird time-capsule of early-70s 'mature' romantic drama that wanted to be Antonioni but landed closer to soap opera.

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