Best Original Screenplay1972 Film Fan Awards44th Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nominee
Summer of '42 (1971)
Nominated Talent & Credits
Herman Raucher— Herman Raucher
Synopsis / Overview
Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.
Historical Academy Record
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) — 44th Academy Awards (1972)
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