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      • Your Three Minutes Are Up is a 1973 American road movie starring Beau Bridges and Ron Leibman.


      Plot


      Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few bright spots in his life is his friend Mike, who seems to be living a life of carefree bohemianism. When the two end up on a long road trip together, they are forced to re-examine their lives and worldviews. Mike may have independence in some ways, but it has come at a price. Charlie, in turn, may feel trapped, but how much of the trap is of his own making?


      Cast


      Beau Bridges as Charlie
      Ron Leibman as Mike
      Janet Margolin as Betty
      Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. Wilk
      David Ketchum as Mr. Kellogg
      Stuart Nisbet as Dr. Claymore
      Read Morgan as Eddie Abruzzi
      Sherry Bain as Sugar
      June Fairchild as Sandi
      Larry Gelman as Mr. Roberts
      Lynne Marie Stewart as Ibis Lady
      Nedra Volz as Free Press Lady


      Production


      The film was based on an original screenplay by actor James Dixon, who would go on to a long collaboration with filmmaker Larry Cohen as both actor and screenwriter. Director Douglas Schwartz would work extensively in television, where he would become best known as the creator of the long-running series Baywatch.
      The film was mostly ignored when it came out in August 1973, but reviews were largely positive. Writing in The Washington Post, critic Gary Arnold called it “a surprisingly bright and enjoyable comedy, with serious undertones … The material takes funnier turns and develops more dramatic intensity than one anticipates.” In his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin wrote that it was an “unpretentious film [that] says more about our society than many more ‘important’ movies.”


      References




      External links


      Your Three Minutes Are Up at IMDb

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