Summer Run

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Summer Rain
Directed byLeon Capetanos
Written byLeon Capetanos
Produced bySteven Graham
Edited by Lewis Teague
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
96 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000 [1]

Summer Run is a 1973 American film written and directed by Leon Capetanos.

Contents

It was also known as The Backpack Girls.

The film was finished in 1971 but took several years to be released. [2]

Lewis Teague co edited. He later made Dirty O'Neil with Captetanos.

Premise

A man backpacks through Europe.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the personal experiences of the director and producer. A limited partnership was formed in Houston to make the film, which was shot in Europe starting in the summer of 1971. Filming took place over eight countries and a period of 56 days. [3]

Andrew Parks, the lead, was the son of actor Larry Parks. [4] Capetanos said "I wanted to make a film about living and having a good time." [1]

Reception

The film screened at the USA Film Festival in Dallas in 1972. [5]

The film was released commercially in 1973. [3] The Los Angeles Times called it "easy, charming." [4]

The film won an award at the Atlanta Film Festival. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NC grad discusses his film". The Daily Tar Heel. 4 March 1974. p. 4.
  2. Summer Run at AFI
  3. 1 2 "'Summer Rain' trucked a lot of miles". Austin American-Statesman. 19 October 1973. p. 56.
  4. 1 2 Champlin, Charles (15 June 1974). "Summer Run - European idylls in sun, shadow". The Los Angeles Times. p. 30.
  5. "Movie call sheet". The Los Angeles Times. 23 March 1972. p. 90.
  6. "Trying to say yes to life". The News and Observer. 26 February 1974. p. 11.