Play Misty for Me (1971) on Netflix
Dave Garver spins jazz and poetry on a Carmel-by-the-Sea radio station. A woman he meets at a bar, Evelyn Draper, is the fan who keeps calling to request "Misty."
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Plot summary
Dave Garver hosts a nightly jazz program on KRML in Carmel-by-the-Sea, reading poetry on air and taking requests. After his shift he goes to his usual bar, where he strikes up a conversation with Evelyn Draper and drives her home. At her apartment she tells him she came looking for him after hearing the bar named on his show, and he guesses that she is the caller who always asks for "Misty." A casual relationship follows, but Evelyn appears at his house without invitation, follows him to work and telephones to demand he not leave her alone. When she interrupts a business lunch, mistaking his companion for a date, Dave tries to end things quietly.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Play Misty for Me (1971)
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- For his directorial debut, Clint Eastwood ran such a tight, efficient shoot that the film came in nearly $50,000 under its $1 million budget and wrapped four or five days ahead of schedule.
- The rights to the song "Misty", which gives the film its title, were obtained after Clint Eastwood saw pianist Erroll Garner perform at the Concord Music Festival in 1970.
- Real jazz musicians Johnny Otis, Joe Zawinul and Cannonball Adderley all appear as themselves in scenes shot live at the actual 1970 Monterey Jazz Festival.
- The idea to add the level-headed ex-girlfriend character Tobie to the story came from editor Sonia Chernus, the same person who had originally spotted and recommended Clint Eastwood for his breakout role on the television series Rawhide.
- Although this was Clint Eastwood's debut as a film director, Don Siegel stood by to help, and Siegel also took an acting role in the film as a bartender.
- Clint Eastwood also paid $2,000 for the use of the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack in the film.
