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Summer of '42 ()

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During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
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Dorothy
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Hermie
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Oscy
Oliver Conant ...
Benjie
Katherine Allentuck ...
Aggie
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Miriam
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Druggist
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Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)
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Hermie's Mother (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Robert Mulligan

Written by

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Herman Raucher ... (written by)

Produced by

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Don Kranze ... associate producer
Richard A. Roth ... producer

Music by

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André Hossein
Michel Legrand

Cinematography by

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Robert Surtees ... director of photography

Editing by

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Folmar Blangsted

Editorial Department

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Fred Bohanan ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Alixe Gordin
Nessa Hyams
Jack Roberts ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Albert Brenner

Set Decoration by

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Marvin March

Makeup Department

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Ken Chase ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Dorothy White ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mel Efros ... assistant director
Don Kranze ... assistant director
Irby Smith ... assistant director

Art Department

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Lowell Chambers ... leadman (uncredited)
Robey Cooper ... prop master (uncredited)
Don Miller ... second props (uncredited)
Arthur Orlando ... painter (uncredited)
Frank Repola ... painter (uncredited)
John J. Rutchland Jr. ... propmaker (uncredited)
Lowell Thomas ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Ken Walker ... swing gang (uncredited)
Alva Williams ... propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Tom Overton ... sound
Ralph Butler ... boom operator (uncredited)
Dennis Jones ... sound cable (uncredited)
John K. Kean ... sound mixer (uncredited) / sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michael J. Bailey ... electrician (uncredited)
Glen Bird ... gaffer (uncredited)
James R. Connell ... camera operator (uncredited)
Dave Friedman ... still photographer (uncredited)
Alan Goldenhar ... electrician (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy ... best boy (uncredited)
Richard Lasher ... electrician (uncredited)
Edward Morey III ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jack Palinkas ... grip (uncredited)
Karl Reid ... key grip (uncredited)
Frank Stanley ... first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Marlene Hall ... casting: Ft. Bragg (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jerry Alpert ... costumer: men (uncredited)
Joanne Haas ... costumer: women (uncredited)

Location Management

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George Leslie ... location auditor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Michel Legrand ... conductor
John Norman ... recording engineer
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marie Kenney ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Ed Dutton ... transportation gaffer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Anthony Goldschmidt ... title designer
Portia Adams ... social worker (uncredited)
Bert Garey ... chaperone (uncredited)
Elizabeth Gill ... secretary to producer and director (uncredited)
Ned Moss ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Kevin Mulligan ... production assistant (uncredited)
Lee Stitch ... secretary to producer (uncredited)
Andrea Weiss ... chaperone (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson

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Taglines In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42" See more »
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Also Known As
  • Un été 42 (France)
  • Verano del 42 (Spain)
  • Leto '42 (Yugoslavia, Serbian title)
  • おもいでの夏 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Un été 42 (Canada, French title)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia According to Stanley Kubrick's wife Christiane Kubrick, this was one of his favorite films. See more »
Goofs The final scene shows the sun setting (or rising) on the ocean as waves roll onto the beach. On closer inspection though, the film is playing backwards, and the waves are heading out to sea. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Shining (1980). See more »
Soundtracks Summer of '42 See more »
Quotes Narrator: [voice-over] Nothing from that first day I saw her and no one that has happened to me since, has ever been as frightening and as confusing. For no person I've ever known has ever done more to make me feel more sure, more insecure, more important and less significant.
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