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| A Fan's Notes | |
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| Directed by | Eric Till |
| Written by | Frederick Earl Exley (novel) William Kinsolving |
| Produced by | Martin Davidson |
| Starring | Jerry Orbach |
| Cinematography | Harry Makin |
| Edited by | Michael Manne |
| Music by | Ron Collier |
Production company | Coquihala |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
A Fan's Notes is a 1972 Canadian comedy film directed by Eric Till, based on Frederick Earl Exley's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
Jerry Orbach plays a middle-aged dreamer and football fan, longs to be someone rich and famous but instead has to come to terms with the fact he can only be a fan, not a player.
The film was shot from 8 September 1970 to 22 January 1971, on a budget of $800,000 (equivalent to $6,013,397in 2023), with $200,000 coming from the Canadian Film Development Corporation. [2]
A Fan's Notes and The True Nature of Bernadette were the first privately-funded Canadian films shown at the Cannes Film Festival. [3] The film was theatrically released on 29 September 1972, in Toronto. [2]
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