Hopscotch (film)

Hopscotch
Directed byRonald Neame
Written byBryan Forbes
Brian Garfield
Story byBrian Garfield
Produced byEdie Landau
Ely A. Landau
StarringWalter Matthau
Glenda Jackson
Sam Waterston
Herbert Lom
Ned Beatty
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Brian W. Roy
Music byIan Fraser
Distributed byAVCO Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • September 26, 1980 (1980-09-26)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.5 million[1]
Box office$13 million[2] or $7.5 million[3]

Hopscotch is a 1980 American comedy spy film produced by Edie Landau and Ely A. Landau, directed by Ronald Neame, and stars Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty and Herbert Lom. The screenplay is written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on Garfield's 1975 novel.

Garfield took the name of his book from the children's playground game, "wherein a player has to retrieve 'an elusive object' while hopping on a sidewalk from space to space. One false step or clumsy move could mean falling and landing on one's backside."[4]

Matthau's performance received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 38th Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, the Criterion Collection released the film on DVD,[5] followed by a 2K restoration on Blu-ray in 2017.

  1. ^ Vaines, Colin (November 3, 1979). "US exhibitors win new deal". Screen International. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Hopscotch (1980) - Financial Information".
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ "Hopscotch". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  5. ^ Rivero, Enrique (June 15, 2002). "Criterion Plays Hopscotch". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2002. Retrieved September 22, 2019.

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