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Director:
Gene Saks
Writers:
Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)
Cast:
Robert Redford … Paul Bratter
Jane Fonda … Corie Bratter
Charles Boyer … Victor Velasco
Mildred Natwick … Ethel Banks
Herb Edelman … Harry Pepper (as Herbert Edelman)
Mabel Albertson … Harriet
Fritz Feld … Restaurant Proprietor
James Stone … Delivery Man (as James F. Stone)
Ted Hartley … Frank
All Movie Guide
Based on the hit Broadway play by Neil Simon, who made his screenwriting debut with this adaptation, Barefoot In The Park follows the lives of newlyweds Paul (Robert Redford) and Corie Bratter (Jane Fonda) as they adjust to married life in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment. Paul is a buttoned-down, straight-arrow lawyer who’s wound a little too tight, while Corie is an effervescent free spirit who won’t let anything disturb her romantic bliss. Aside from the five-flight climb and the hole in their skylight, the Bratters must also contend with eccentric upstairs neighbor Victor Velasco (Charles Boyer), who must go through their apartment to get to his. Corie hatches a plot to get her mother (Mildred Natwick) together with Mr. Velasco, but the entire evening goes awry and even casts doubt on the viability of the Bratters’ new marriage, as Corie tries unsuccessfully to loosen Paul up. All ends well, however, and Fonda and Redford are full of youthful appeal in this light domestic comedy. Don Kaye
