Please join the BVFCC Film Club for the second installment in our Elaine MAY Screening Series: THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972), starring Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd. The reels roll at 7 pm and entry is FREE to members/$7 for non-members. The Best Video Coffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, café drinks and FREE POPCORN.
The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American black comedy romance film directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon, starring Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert, and Doris Roberts. It is based on the short story "A Change of Plan", written by Bruce Jay Friedman and first published in Esquire in 1966.
At the 45th Academy Awards, Jeannie Berlin was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and Eddie Albert for Best Supporting Actor. It was ranked #91 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs, a list of the funniest American films ever made, and was remade in 2007.