Butterflies Are Free

1972 film by Milton Katselas
Movie film Q2608654
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Summary

Butterflies Are Free is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,817 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3]
  • Director: Milton Katselas[4]
  • Screenwriter: Leonard Gershe[5]
  • Composer: Bob Alcivar[6]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[7], drama film[8], comedy film[9]
  • Based on: Butterflies Are Free[10]
  • Cast member: Goldie Hawn[11], Eileen Heckart[12], Paul Michael Glaser[13], Edward Albert[14], Michael Warren[15]
  • Producer: M. J. Frankovich[16]
  • Director of photography: Charles Lang[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[19], 69%[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22]
  • Publication date: July 6, 1972[23], September 22, 1972[24], October 26, 1972[25], November 2, 1972[26], November 3, 1972[27], December 25, 1972[28], January 25, 1973[29], January 26, 1973[30], March 1, 1973[31], March 16, 1973[32], April 5, 1973[33], June 8, 1973[34], September 15, 1973[35], December 10, 1973[36]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[37]
  • Narrative location: San Francisco[38]
  • Film editor: David Blewitt[39]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[40], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[41], Academy Award for Best Sound[42]
  • Title: Butterflies Are Free[43]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[44]
  • Duration: 109 minutes[45]
  • Australian Classification: PG[46]
  • Assessment: Bechdel test[47]

Why It Matters

Butterflies Are Free has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

FAQs

What awards did Butterflies Are Free receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Bechdel Test Movie List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ko', 'nl',
    Ampas collections film id → 1023652, W083572
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 10251
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1972-07-06T00:00:00Z, +1972-09-22T00:00:00Z, +1972-10-26T00:00:00Z +12
    Screenwriter → Leonard Gershe
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+109'}
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