Father Goose (1964)
- Directed by
- Ralph Nelson
- Genre
- war film, romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 199 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A disheveled loner is drafted as a coast watcher on a remote Pacific island during World War II. He ends up unwillingly sheltering a French schoolteacher and her students, which leads to bickering and eventual romance.
lightheartedwhimsicalplayfully romanticbreezyaffectionatefunnywarmnostalgic
What happens
Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title is a play on the children's fiction character of "Mother Goose," which is used as a code name assigned to the coast watcher character played by Grant. Based on a story A Place of Dragons by Sanford Barnett, the film won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It introduced the song "Pass Me By" by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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