sunburn.') And when Dustin Hoffman can't deliver these lines smoothly, you know they are stilted." Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times was positive, calling the film "a crackling and original work" with a "knockout performance by the admirable Mr. Hoffman." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post panned the film as a "snow job of a movie" and "another empty vessel that flatters itself as a powerful comment on emptiness." Nigel Andrews of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that "Ulu Grobard's film emerges as no more than an amorphous assemblage of smart ideas, whose shapelessness—in theory justified by Georgie's story being presented as reminiscences from an analyst's couch—in practice robs the film of any real dramatic momentum." As Ebert correctly predicted, Barbara Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Home media The film has been released on VHS and was released to DVD by Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment on January 28, 2014. Production notes Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? was filmed on location in New York City in 1970. Some of the locations include the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, the General Motors Building, and Fillmore East. At the Fillmore East, Soloway performs onstage with Shel Silverstein and Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show. This scene was filmed on September 18, 1970, prior to an actual Grateful Dead concert. The actual concert attendees were used as extras for the scene. The soundtrack was produced by Ron Haffkine. References External links 1971 films 1971 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Films directed by Ulu Grosbard Films set in New York City Films shot in New York City Cinema Center Films films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films