The film was shot in black-and-white in the late 1960s and was not given a proper release. Almost exactly 20 years later, in 1989, it was discovered (director Michael Roemer, transferring the film to VHS as a gift to his family, overheard it make a technician laugh and was boosted enough to submit it to the Toronto and New York film festivals, with it winning six Independent Spirit Awards the following year) and given a proper release for the first time.
The film had its world premiere engagement at a Seattle downtown hardtop theater in January of 1971. It was distributed by a small Seattle company and only played one week.
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By what name was The Plot Against Harry (1971) officially released in India in English?
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