JEREMY (1973) Fun City Editions

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Indeed, so you know a good deal of the story, then, and I believe all of this is in Robby's book: the film was conceived by songwriter Joe Brooks, who based the idea on his own NYC teenage years in the '50s. Robby says that he wrote most of the actual dialogue (uncredited), as Brooks wanted the film to have the voices of actual contemporary '70s teenagers.

Arthur Barron, who taught film at Columbia and was a documentary filmmaker, was brought in as co-director with Brooks. At some point, Brooks differed with the producers and left the project. After a legal battle with producers, Brooks was left with credit for writing the song, "Blue Balloon."

Originally Posted by Greycomm

Robby tells the true story in his book.