Me, Natalie

1969
M/PG
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.2K

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Comedy Drama

A young woman struggles for independence.A young woman struggles for independence.A young woman struggles for independence.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Patty Duke writes that she fought with director Fred Coe on the set, due to a manic depressive episode. She fiercely challenged the ending with Natalie remaining independent, saying, "It may not have been as noble, but there's no way she was going to give up that man. It might have made a more successful picture had they stayed together, but by then nobody was interested in what I thought the ending should be."

Quotes
Natalie Miller: I remember thinking it was the greatest mirror in the world when I got it. Isn't it terrible how one day you can think something is the greatest and the next day you hate it? Not that it happened that fast with me, but by the time I was 17, I had to admit, that mirror and me were on the outs. Still, even the things you hate you sometimes can't help loving because of what they've been through with you.

Connections
Featured in Casting By (2012)

Soundtracks
Natalie
Lyrics by Rod McKuen
Music by Henry Mancini
Performed by Rod McKuen, and Chorus

I finally managed to secure a 16mm transfer of ME, NATALIE on NTSC VHS cassette after searching for this film for nearly nine years. I originally found it on Japanese laserdisc in a video store in Manhattan in 1994 but the price was $75.00 and I was hardly about to spend that kind of money!

Al Pacino has a less-than 60-second role in this 1969 "people will love you for the person you are inside" drama starring Patty Duke and Martin Balsam. I always liked Balsam, and he had me giggling after he discourses on the virtues of being homely, then announces his decision to marry a stripper! He's a true male chauvanist pig. LOL

Nancy Marchand is very good as Duke's mother, but the screenplay suffers from a preachy tone that gets to be a real turn-off by the end of the film. A running time of 90 minutes would have been plenty rather than the nearly 107 minutes that it does run.

I love movies shot in New York City, and this film does an ample job of capturing the aura of city life at that time.

Worth seeing for the performances, plus seeing Livia Soprano 30 years younger is a treat...