A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly
Written by:
Jay Presson Allen
Pierre Barillet
Jean-Pierre Grédy
Directed by:
Milton Katselas
Release Date:
June 28, 1973
Original Title:
40 Carats
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Frankovich Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 110
After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party. Despite her yearning for Peter and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him when he pursues her, but slowly she yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.
Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old daughter Trina Stanley, and her mother, Maud Ericson, who acts more the teenager than Trina. Largely because of her uptight and regimented attitude, Ann has had no love in her life since divorcing her ex-husband, character actor Billy Boylan, an irresponsible man who she still loves as a friend and who she sees whenever he is in town between acting jobs and whenever he needs money from her. Ann's uptight attitude seems to have softened slightly ever since returning from a trip to Greece with Maud. What she has not told anyone is that her softened attitude is from a romantic one night only liaison with a young American man she met by happenstance by an out of the way Greek beach, he who tried to get her to be more carefree, if only for that one night. Purely by coincidence, she meets that man again in New York. He is twenty-two year old Peter Latham, a steel heir who is an acquaintance of Trina's. While Ann's family and friends encourage her to pursue a relationship with a wealthy southern gentleman client named J.D. Rogers, Peter pursues Ann behind the scenes, while Maud believes Peter wants to court Trina. Peter is falling in love with Ann. Although she admits she is flattered by Peter's declaration, Ann may not be able to get over the difference in their ages, regardless of what she may be feeling about him. If she can let go of that repressed attitude, she may give herself the opportunity to examine if she truly does have romantic feelings for Peter, and what to do about them if they do exist. Dealing with an issue with Trina, discussing Billy's own life with him, and meeting Peter's friends and family may give Ann some insight into the matter.
Assistant Director:
Dick Moder
David Hawks
Assistant Editor:
Ralph James Hall
Abe Lincoln Jr.
Camera Operator:
Arnold L. Rich
Costume Design:
Jean Louis
Costume Supervisor:
Guy C. Verhille
Costumer:
Edna Taylor
Director:
Milton Katselas
Director of Photography:
Charles Lang
Editor:
David E. Blewitt
Hairdresser:
Jan Van Uchelen
Hairstylist:
Virginia Darcy
Makeup Artist:
Jack Freeman
Tony Lloyd
Music Editor:
Ralph James Hall
Original Music Composer:
Michel Legrand
Producer:
M.J. Frankovich
Production Design:
Robert Clatworthy
Production Manager:
William J. O'Sullivan
Yannis Petropoulakis
Property Master:
Joe LaBella
Screenplay:
Leonard Gershe
Script Supervisor:
Julie Pitkanen
Set Decoration:
George James Hopkins
Sound Mixer:
Al Overton
Sound Recordist:
Arthur Piantadosi
Stunt Double:
Conrad E. Palmisano
Title Designer:
Maury Nemoy
Unit Production Manager:
Mike Frankovich Jr.
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