Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie
Original poster
Directed byFred Coe
Screenplay byA. Martin Zweiback
Story byStanley Shapiro
Produced byStanley Shapiro
StarringPatty Duke
James Farentino
Salome Jens
Elsa Lanchester
Martin Balsam
Nancy Marchand
Philip Sterling
CinematographyArthur J. Ornitz
Edited byJohn McSweeney Jr.
Music byHenry Mancini
Production
company
Distributed byNational General Pictures
Release date
  • July 13, 1969 (1969-07-13)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.9 million (US/Canada rentals)[1]

Me, Natalie is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe about a homely young woman from Brooklyn who moves to Greenwich Village and finds romance with an aspiring painter. The screenplay by A. Martin Zweiback is based on an original story by Stanley Shapiro. Patty Duke, who starred in the title role, won a Golden Globe Award for her performance.[2] The film also starred James Farentino, Salome Jens, Elsa Lanchester, Martin Balsam and Nancy Marchand. It marked Al Pacino's film debut.[3]

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970, p. 15
  2. ^ "Winners & Nominees : Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy (1970)". GoldenGlobes.com. Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ Yule, Andrew (1992). Al Pacino: A Life On the Wire. New York: S.P.I. Books. p. 27. ISBN 9781561711611.