The Sterile Cuckoo

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The Sterile Cuckoo

film by Pakula [1969]

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Alan J. Pakula
Early life and work
…Pakula directed his first film, The Sterile Cuckoo. Based on a novel by John Nichols, it traced the evolution of a relationship between an eccentric coed (Liza Minnelli) and the young man from another college with whom she falls in love (Wendell Burton). Minnelli’s performance earned her an Academy Award…
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…Pakula directed his first film, The Sterile Cuckoo. Based on a novel by John Nichols, it traced the evolution of a relationship between an eccentric coed (Liza Minnelli) and the young man from another college with whom she falls in love (Wendell Burton). Minnelli’s performance earned her an Academy Award…
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Liza Minnelli
…year, for her performance in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), she received her first Oscar nomination (for best actress). She starred in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) before achieving her greatest screen success in Cabaret (1972). The musical, derived from John Van Druten’s play I Am a…
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…year, for her performance in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), she received her first Oscar nomination (for best actress). She starred in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) before achieving her greatest screen success in Cabaret (1972). The musical, derived from John Van Druten’s play I Am a…
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