Editing David and Lisa

{{Short description|1962 American drama television film directed by Frank Perry}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = David and Lisa
| image          = David and LisaB.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Frank Perry]]
| producer       = [[Paul Heller|Paul M. Heller]]
| screenplay     = [[Eleanor Perry]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Lisa and David''|[[Theodore Isaac Rubin]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Keir Dullea]]
* [[Janet Margolin]]
* [[Howard Da Silva]]
}}
| music          = Mark Lawrence
| cinematography = Leonard Hirschfield
| editing        = Irving Oshman
| studio         = Vision Associates Productions
| distributor    = [[Continental Distributing]]
| released       = {{Film date|1962|12|26}}
| runtime        = 93 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 93:05--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/david-and-lisa-1970-1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122649/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/david-and-lisa-1970-1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 18, 2018 | title=''DAVID AND LISA'' (X) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=June 5, 1963 | access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $183,000
| gross          = $2.3 million (rentals)<ref>"Top Rental Features of 1963", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. 8 January 1964, pg 71.</ref>
}}
'''''David and Lisa''''' is a 1962 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Frank Perry]].  It is based on the second story in the two-in-one novellas ''Jordi/Lisa and David'' by [[Theodore Isaac Rubin]]; the screenplay, written by Frank Perry's wife [[Eleanor Perry]] (née Rosenfeld), tells the story of a bright young man suffering from a [[mental illness]] which, among other symptoms, has instilled in him a [[Haphephobia|fear of being touched]]. This lands him in a residential treatment center, where he meets Lisa, a similarly ill young woman who displays a [[split personality]].

The film earned Frank Perry a nomination for the [[35th Academy Awards|1963]] [[Academy Award for Best Director]] and one for Eleanor Perry for her [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|screenplay]].

The film was later adapted into a stage play in 1967 and a [[Television film|made-for-television film]] in 1998.

==Plot==
David Clemens is brought to a residential [[Psychiatry|psychiatric]] treatment center by his apparently caring mother.  He becomes very upset when one of the residents brushes his hand, as he believes that being touched can kill him. Cold and distant, he mainly concentrates on his studies, especially that of clocks, with which he appears to be obsessed. It is later revealed that he has a recurring dream in which he murders people by means of a giant clock.

He meets Lisa Brandt, a girl who has two personalities: one of them, Lisa, can only speak in [[rhyme]]s, while the other, Muriel, cannot speak, but can only write. David befriends her by talking to her in rhymes. Over time, he begins to open up to his psychiatrist, Dr. Alan Swinford, and also becomes friendly with another resident, Simon, which provokes Lisa's jealousy. Following an argument when his mother visits, David's parents decide that he should leave the place. He returns to his parents' house, but after a short time, runs away to the treatment center, where he is allowed to stay.

One day Lisa realizes that she is both Lisa and Muriel and that they are the same person. After this breakthrough, she seeks out David, but he is busy listening to Simon play a Bach piece on the piano.  Lisa turns on the [[metronome]], interrupting Simon's playing and provoking David's anger. Then, Lisa runs away from the center and takes the train into [[Center City, Philadelphia]], unnoticed. David and the staff fruitlessly search for her until the next morning, when David realizes that she might have returned to the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], where she had once embraced a statue of a mother and child.

David and Dr. Swinford rush to the museum, where David finds Lisa on the museum steps. Upon seeing David, Lisa appears to be cured and speaks to him in [[prose]]. David, overcoming his own fear of touch for the first time, allows her to hold his hand, while they walk down the stairs to go on their return trip.

== Cast ==
* [[Keir Dullea]] as David Clemens
* [[Janet Margolin]] as Lisa Brandt
* [[Howard Da Silva]] as Dr. Alan Swinford
* [[Neva Patterson]] as Mrs. Clemens
* Richard McMurray as Stewart Clemens
* [[Clifton James]] as John
* Nancy Nutter as Maureen
* [[Mathew Anden|Matthew Anden]] as Simon
* [[Jaime Sánchez (actor)|Jamie Sanchez]] as Carlos
* Coni Hudak as Kate
* [[Karen Lynn Gorney]] as Josette
* Janet Lee Parker as Sandra
* [[Frank Perry]] as Newsdealer (uncredited){{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

This was the film debut of both Janet Margolin and Karen Gorney (who, billed as Karen Lynn Gorney, later became well known for her leading role in ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' in 1977).

==Production==
In 1961, Ann Perry read the novella and showed it to her mother [[Eleanor Perry|Eleanor]]. The playwright was so fascinated by what she read that she set out to write a screenplay, enlisting her husband Frank as director. The resulting film was produced with small investors and a collection of unknowns to keep costs down. Production began in June 1962 in [[Wynnewood, Pennsylvania]]. Only after a run on the festival circuit did the film receive a willing exhibitor from New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=1995-08-31 |title=Frank Perry, 65, the Director Who Filmed 'David and Lisa' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/31/obituaries/frank-perry-65-the-director-who-filmed-david-and-lisa.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Clarke |date=1987-06-28 |title=FRANK PERRY IS STILL INDEPENDENT AND HAPPY |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-28-ca-38-story.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Reception==
''David and Lisa'' has received positive reviews from critics. [[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 85% of 13 reviews were positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/david_and_lisa/ | title=David and Lisa (1962) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref> Perry estimated (in 1987) the film made roughly $25 million.

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the film as "commendable" and "sympathetic," finding the "vague and elusive" explanation of the characters' ills to be "one of the stumbling blocks in this film," but praising Dullea and Margolin, whose portrayal of the protagonists' "growing curiosity and attachment in the midst of a cheerless institute" is "touchingly presented."<ref name="Crowther">{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|title=Odd Romance Involves Mentally Ill Children|date=December 27, 1962|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/27/archives/screen-david-and-lisaodd-romance-involves-mentally-ill-children.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

French director [[Jean Renoir]] called ''David and Lisa'' "a turning point in world cinema."<ref name="Taylor">{{cite news |last = Taylor |first = Clarke |title = Frank Perry is Still Independent and Happy |date = June 28, 1987 |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-28-ca-38-story.html |work = [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date =  December 14, 2024}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[35th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1963">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners |access-date=23 August 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202001804/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Frank Perry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Eleanor Perry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[17th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1964 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1964 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1964}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| [[Howard Da Silva]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| [[Keir Dullea]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Janet Margolin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[20th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/david-and-lisa |title=David and Lisa – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1963}}}}</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer – Male]]
| Keir Dullea
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Most Promising Newcomer – Female]]
| Janet Margolin
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Sleeper of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[San Francisco International Film Festival]]
| Best Actor
| Keir Dullea
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress
| Janet Margolin
| {{won}}
|-
| [[23rd Venice International Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]
| Best First Work
| Frank Perry
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Fernando Birri]] for ''[[Los Inundados]]''.}}
|}

==Play adaptation==
In 1967, the film was adapted into a stage play, but it only ran for a short time.

===Plot of the stage play===
The play begins with David Clemens and his mother preparing to leave to bring David to "school". We later learn this is a school for children with mental and psychological issues. David's mother is overprotective and overbearing, and it shows. At the station, a porter touches David's arm, and we learn that David is afraid to be touched.

We meet a variety of teachers and other students, particularly Dr. Alan Swinford, the head psychologist, and are introduced to the school. We learn that David has an obsession with clocks, and also with death. We are also introduced to the other title character, Lisa, who has a split personality: one who will only speak in rhymes and the other who will not speak, but will only write or draw her thoughts. Over time, David and Lisa befriend each other, until midway through the play, after an embittering visit, David's parents take him away from the school.

David eventually runs away from his home and comes back to the school, where he is allowed to stay. One day, however, Lisa is annoying David as he listens to another child playing the piano. David becomes cross and shouts at her, and Lisa runs away from the school. David and the head psychologist, Dr. Alan Swinford, go out in search of her, and arrive just in time to save Lisa from the ravages of two boys in a city park. David and Lisa are both relieved that the other is there for them, and somehow Lisa is cured of her two personalities and becomes truly herself, speaking "plain straight" to David for the first time. David extends his hand and asks her to take it, conquering his fear of being touched, and they walk off together, hand in hand.

==Television film remake==
In 1998, the film was [[Remake|remade]] into a [[Television film|made-for-television film]] that premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on November 1, 1998. Produced by [[Oprah Winfrey]] and directed by Lloyd Kramer, the film starred [[Lukas Haas]] as David, [[Brittany Murphy]] as Lisa, and [[Sidney Poitier]] as Dr. Swinford, with a supporting cast featuring [[Debi Mazar]], [[Allison Janney]], Kim Murphy, [[Giuseppe Andrews]], [[Vicellous Reon Shannon]], [[Gene Wolande]], [[Kimiko Gelman]], and Ty Hodges. The scenes were shifted to the Los Angeles area, including the Museum of Natural History at Exposition Park and Venice Beach.

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[51st Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore)]]
| [[Marco Beltrami]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/oprah-winfrey-presents-david-and-lisa |title=Oprah Winfrey Presents: David and Lisa |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
| Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series or Series – Leading Young Actress
| [[Brittany Murphy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Young Artist Awards 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm |title=The 20th Annual Youth in Film Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |accessdate=2017-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128203408/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm |archivedate=2016-11-28 }}</ref> 
|}

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1962]]
* [[Mental illness in film]]

==References==
{{reflist|4. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733723.Jordi_Lisa_and_David = }}
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==External links==
;1962 first version
* {{IMDb title|0055892|David and Lisa (1962)}}
* {{tcmdb title|72383|David and Lisa}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|david_and_lisa|David and Lisa}}
* http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733723.Jordi_Lisa_and_David

;1998 second version
* {{IMDb title|0164013|David and Lisa (1998) (TV)}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|david_y_lisa|David and Lisa}}

{{Frank Perry}}

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