Taking Off

Synopsis: Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Milos Forman
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 6 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1971
93 min
285 Views


Time was apart the

wind to fly away

and I caught on him butter

why to stay oh why to stay

but he be gone for

all that I could say

for all that I could say

that he be gone for all that I

could say for all that I could say ...time.

I believe in,

believe in, believe in...

love...

And with your eyelids closed

continue to look upward...

Now take a deep

breath and hold it...

Hold, hold, ready,

three, exhale...

let your eyes relax and

let your body float.

Imagine yourself floating, floating

down, right through the chair.

As you concentrate

on the floating...

i'm going to concentrate

on your left arm and hand.

Your left hand will lift upward,

your left elbow bend...

your left forearm float

into an upright position.

Sometimes you may get a feeling of a

magnetic pole on the back of your hand.

Now your hand in this upright

position becomes for you a signal...

to enter a

state of meditation.

Are you for your

body or are you not?

Are you for living

or are you not?

Now of course if you're not

for living keep on smoking...

arrange for a cremation

and end it all in smoke.

But if the idea of living

is still exciting...

concentrate on this

feeling of floating

and at the same time listen

to these three critical points.

For you body

smoking is a poison.

You need your

body to live.

And you owe your body

this repsect and protection.

Then reflect on what this means

to you in a private sense,

and bring yourself out of this

state of concentration this way:

Roll up your eyes and do it now and

at one just let your eyes open slowly.

And when they're back in focus, slowly

make a fist with the hand that's up

And as you open

your fist slowly...

your usual sensation and control

returns you let it float down.

Now suppose one or two

hours have passed...

and you want to do the exercise

but you don't have privacy.

Here's the way you camoflage the

method, you make two changes:

First you close your eyelids

then roll your eyes up...

so that the eyeroll is private.

Second, instead of your hand coming

up like this, let it come up like this.

With a smile on you face,

and a heart to embrace,

everybody needs happiness,

everybody needs love.

With a hope and a sigh,

and a tear in your eye,

everybody needs happiness,

everybody needs love.

Give love with

all your heart...

-and it all comes...

-Thank you, next.

I would like you all to know

that i'm also an acrobat.

I h... I hear the cotton

woods whispering...

Thank you, next.

I wanna see the fields

of gold and green,,

I wanna see the things

i've never seen...

What's your name?

-Arlene Baker. -Jeannie Tyne

Arlene Baker.

Jeannie Tyne.

Jeannie Tyne.

-How old are you?

Would you go

over there please.

Hello.

This is Lynn Tyne,

Jeannie Tyne's mother.

I'm sorry to bother you, have

you heard from the girls?

Well Jeannie and Corinna were

supposed to go to the city today.

No you're wrong Mrs Tyne.

Corinna hasn't been

to the city today.

I don't understand.

Mrs Divito could I

speak to Corinna please?

Well it's just that I...

I thought that maybe she didn't

tell you that she went to the city or...

maybe Jeannie said

something to her and...

No I don't think so,

no i'm sure, no no, she didn't.

Thank you.

- You talk to Jeannie Tyne today?

- No.

Erica Enright,

Bonnie Marcus,

Jessica Harper.

You should see the

girls in the bathroom.

They're all throwing up.

They had coke,

they're so nervous.

They're all throwing

up in the bathroom.

Are you here to

audition? So am I.

Are you professional?

- No, are you?

- I can't even sing very well.

Salty... Salty rain...

Oh God damn...

Oh God damn...

I think i'm i'm crying.

Oh God no i'm crying again.

And i'm losing ground,

I must pay the cost,

as the wheel goes

round happiness is lost.

I can't raise my hand

coz it hurts so bad,

and when I tread

on the times i've had.

Here I stand just waiting and

waiting, here I stand just waiting

Here I stand just waiting and

waiting, here I stand just waiting

But if you should go,

I just want you to know...

I'm sorry.

Can I come back?

Next please.

The party's ending,

the night is landing

I start to shine

on you and me.

Here in the starlight

please don't say goodnight

-until we make our

-memory- a melancholy baby.

-Let's get a little

-sentimental,

-let's start holding

-hands

-let's start making

-plans.

-Think what we're missing,

-when we're not kissing,

-Let's get a little

-sentimental,

-turn the lights down

-low,

-troubles

-come and go.

But while we're together,

-we can live

-forever...

-There's time for sorrow,

-maybe tomorrow

-but now it's time to hold me

-tight.

And while i'm dreaming,

-forgive me scheming

-To win your love,

haven't I the -right...

to fall in love tonight?

So...

-Let's get a little -sentimental,

-let's start holding -hands,

-let's start making -plans...

But while we're together...

Sorry. What's the words?

Let's get a

little sentimental...

Lynn...

Why do you think

she ran away?

I'm not saying she ran away.

I'm just speaking generally.

Did you check her room?

Whose on the line please?

Is it a wrong number?

I can hear somebody breathing.

Still breathing.

Can you? speak freely?

Just answer "yes" or "no".

They hung up.

I was born into a world

full of angels and kings

And there was

someplace to grow

and someone to be.

And even in the

darkest of storms

you knew that the

sun was still there

and even the

horses had wings.

It was that special

kind of world

with its heart

set on laughter,

and a star was

meant to be touched

and a dream

to be after.

And at the end

of each day

was the wonder

of each night

and even the

horses had wings.

That was the world,

that I knew as a child.

And it can't be me that's changed,

it's got to be the world.

And somehow we can mend it,

we can make it like it was,

we can make it

like it was before,

when even the

horses had wings.

- Does she smoke?

- No.

- Does she smoke a lot?

- No, not at all!

I'm dying in a world,

that will die

before death,

because angels

don't exist

and kings never laugh.

And i'm afraid i've

forgotten I believe,

that there really

was a world,

where even the

horses had wings.

Didn't you ever fit

her for a diaphragm?

No she's just a baby.

I thought she had one

and it was missing...

You know what I mean?

Alone now

and there was

something I meant to do,

but it's been so long ago I really

can't remember what it was.

Horses?

You can't sing well?

Neither can I.

I sing so flat.

I'm awful.

But when I take

this mighty Quinn,

I sing so good.

I sing so beautiful.

What's Mighty Quinn?

Acid. When I take it...

It's good stuff.

Do you sing well? No.

Do you want one?

Long term physical effects,

are not yet known,

so i'm gonna have another

drag and just get stoned.

- No you can't!

- It's all over.

It's over, I hear it.

It's not over.

I know but I sing so...

... the more I

watch the movie.

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Miloš Forman

Jan Tomáš Forman (born 18 February 1932 in Čáslav), known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor, who until 1968 lived and worked primarily in Czechoslovakia. more…

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