Inside Daisy Clover

film by Mulligan [1965]

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Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 musical film directed by Robert Mulligan. The movie stars Natalie Wood as Daisy Clover, a woman who becomes a movie star and experiences the darker side of fame. Robert Redford received acclaim for his role as a homosexual movie star in the film. Despite its notable performances, Inside Daisy Clover was a box-office disappointment.1

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Robert Mulligan
…1965 Mulligan made the musical Inside Daisy Clover, in which Wood played a woman who becomes a movie star and experiences the dark side of celebrity; it was perhaps most notable for Robert Redford’s acclaimed performance as a homosexual movie star. The film was a box-office disappointment, but the director…
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…1965 Mulligan made the musical Inside Daisy Clover, in which Wood played a woman who becomes a movie star and experiences the dark side of celebrity; it was perhaps most notable for Robert Redford’s acclaimed performance as a homosexual movie star. The film was a box-office disappointment, but the director…
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Alan J. Pakula
Early life and work
…the Rain Must Fall (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Up the Down Staircase (1967), and The Stalking Moon (1968).
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…the Rain Must Fall (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Up the Down Staircase (1967), and The Stalking Moon (1968).
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Natalie Wood
…followed, however—including the show-business drama Inside Daisy Clover (1965)—and she spent three years away from the camera.
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…followed, however—including the show-business drama Inside Daisy Clover (1965)—and she spent three years away from the camera.
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