Freaky Friday (1976)
Note: this print runs 67 minutes against a recorded 95 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Dick Van Patten, Sorrell Booke, Alan Oppenheimer, Patsy Kelly, Ruth Buzzi
Directed by Gary Nelson
Freaky Friday is a 1976 American fantasy comedy film directed by Gary Nelson from a screenplay by Mary Rodgers, based on her 1972 novel. The film stars Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in the lead roles. John Astin, Patsy Kelly, and Dick Van Patten are featured in supporting roles. In the film, a mother and her daughter switch their bodies, and they get a taste of each other's lives. The cause of the switch is left unexplained in this film, but occurs on Friday the 13th, when Ellen and Annabel, in different places, say about each other at the same time, "I wish I could switch places with her for just one day." Rodgers added a water skiing subplot to her screenplay.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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