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.

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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]

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.
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