Cold Turkey (film)
Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical comedy film. It stars Dick Van Dyke plus a long list of comedic actors, several of whom are well known to North American television audiences. The film was directed, co-produced and co-written by Norman Lear and is based on the novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau.
Cold Turkey features original music by Randy Newman including "He Gives Us All His Love", a ballad with a gospel influence that serves as the film's theme song. This was Newman's first film soundtrack.
The film was made in 1969, but was shelved for two years by the distributor due to concerns about its box-office potential.
It was only released on VHS and LaserDisc (1993) in the pan-and-scan format. On 3 May 2010 Cold Turkey was released on DVD through Amazon.com with manufacturing on demand and it is still occasionally shown on various cable and satellite channels.
A musical theatre version of Cold Turkey was workshopped at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, Washington in February, 2005.
Famous quotes containing the words cold and/or turkey:
“You stink like my Mama under your bra
and I vomit into your hand like a jackpot
its cold hard quarters.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“You can make as good a design out of an American turkey as a Japanese out of his native stork.”
—For the State of Illinois, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)