Candy (1968 film)

Candy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChristian Marquand
Screenplay byBuck Henry
Based onCandy
by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Produced byRobert Haggiag
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Rotunno
Edited byGiancarlo Cappelli
Music byDave Grusin
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • December 17, 1968 (1968-12-17) (United States)
  • February 5, 1970 (1970-02-05) (Italy)
  • August 19, 1970 (1970-08-19) (France)
Running time
124 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.7 million[1]
Box office$16.4 million[2]

Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, itself based on Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin. It stars Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau and Ringo Starr. Popular figures, such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Anita Pallenberg, Florinda Bolkan, Marilù Tolo, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Orsini and Enrico Maria Salerno also appear in cameo roles.

  1. ^ "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses". Variety. May 31, 1973. p. 3. ISSN 0042-2738.
  2. ^ "Candy (1968)". The Numbers. Retrieved March 4, 2012.