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You're a Big Boy Now ()

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Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 nominations.
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Barbara Darling
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Margery Chanticleer
Peter Kastner ...
Bernard Chanticleer
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I.H. Chanticleer
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Richard Mudd
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Raef del Grado
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Miss Thing
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Amy Partlett
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Patrolman Francis Graf
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Kurt Dougherty
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Barbara's Stage Play Crew (as Ron Colby)
Rufus Harley ...
Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Frank Simpson ...
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Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Len De Carl ...
Barbara's Stage Play Crew
Emily ...
Dog
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Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
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Commerce Street BG (uncredited)

Directed by

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Francis Ford Coppola

Written by

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David Benedictus ... (based on a novel by)
 
Francis Ford Coppola ... (written for the screen by)

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Phil Feldman ... producer (produced by)

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Robert Prince

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Andrew Laszlo ... director of photography

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Aram Avakian

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Marc Laub ... assistant editor

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Bernie Styles ... (as Bernard S. Styles)

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Vasilis Fotopoulos ... (as Vassele Fotopoulos)

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Marvin March

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Theoni V. Aldredge

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Phil Naso ... hair stylist (as Philip Naso)
Robert Philippe ... makeup artist (as Bob Philippe)

Production Management

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David Golden ... production manager

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Larry Sturhahn ... assistant director

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Stanley Cappiello ... scenic artist (as Stan Capiello)
Eleanor Coppola ... titles (as Eleanor Neil)

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Jean Bagley ... sound editor
Jack C. Jacobsen ... sound mixer (as Jack Jacobsen)
Jim McKee ... sound restoration
Sanford Rackow ... sound editor
Dick Vorisek ... re-recording mixer

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Josh Weiner ... still photographer

Music Department

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Jack Lewis ... musical supervisor
The Lovin' Spoonful ... music performers
Arthur Schroeck ... conductor / musical arranger
John Sebastian ... composer: songs (as John B. Sebastian)

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B.J. Bjorkman ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Robert Tucker ... choreographer: Miss Hartman

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John V. Lindsay ... grateful appreciation: for the cooperation of

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Plot Summary

Bernard Chanticleer's father gives him two simple words of advice: "Grow up." Bernard knows that his first step is to find a girl who's "willing," but he passes up a sure thing, Amy Partlett, for a more elusive goal. Her name is Barbara Darling, an inscrutable go-go dancer. More than a few obstacles keep Bernard from his dream world. There's his doting mother, who mails him locks of her hair and weeps at the thought of her baby as a man; there's a malicious rooster, trained to attack pretty girls, patrolling the halls of his New York City rooming house; and most of all, there's Barbara herself. She turns out to be a man hater, emotionally scarred by the lecherous wooden-legged hypnotherapist who "counseled" her in high school. All in all, Bernard finds himself in an improbable universe with a calculated clumsiness designed to evoke his confusing coming-of-age. Written by alfiehitchie

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Taglines Wow - It's the Wildest! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Big Boy (France)
  • Ara ja ets tot un home (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Ya eres un gran chico (Spain)
  • Big Boy (Sweden)
  • Ya eres un gran chico (Uruguay)
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  • 96 min
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Budget $800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Although he had quit film school some years earlier, this film was acceptable for Francis Ford Coppola as his thesis at U.C.L.A. film school in 1966, earning him a Master of Fine Arts degree. See more »
Goofs Albino therapist's skin coloring was as tanned as that of non-albino patient Barbara Darling; real albinos lack pigmentation, resulting in flesh that looks nearly white. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Girl, Beautiful Girl See more »
Quotes Jailer: [as he unlocks and opens Bernard's jail cell] Out you go.
Bernard Chanticleer: Why?
Jailer: You're out in custody. Your bail's been paid.
Bernard Chanticleer: [after a thoughtful pause] I've been in the custody of my parents for almost twenty years now. And they've taught me nothing but self-doubt, frustration, and perpetual guilt. I'm going to be in my own custody from now on. I won't go!
Jailer: A nice-lookin' girl paid it.
Bernard Chanticleer: I'll go!
[Gets up and walks out]
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