The Knack …and How to Get It
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| The Knack...and How to Get It | |
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| Directed by | Richard Lester |
| Produced by | Oscar Lewenstein |
| Written by | Charles Wood |
| Starring | Michael Crawford Rita Tushingham |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  3 June, 1965 29 June 1965 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | UK |
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The Knack ...and How to Get It is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester based on the play by Ann Jellicoe. It depicts the sexual competition between three roommates — the aggressive, womanizing drummer Tolen (Ray Brooks), the shy, paranoid schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford), and the neutral artist Tom (Donal Donnelly) — when a young girl from out of town, Nancy (Rita Tushingham), enters their London world.
Lester made major changes to the play, adding his own touch through Brechtian direct address, unexpected oddly-edited sequences, humorous subtitles, and a Greek chorus of disapproving members of "the older generation". Lester himself makes a brief cameo as an annoyed bystander. John Barry contributed the jazzy score. The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965.
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| Preceded by The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Palme d'Or 1965 |
Succeeded by A Man and a Woman tied with The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |
