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A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
Directed by	Eric Till
Written by	Frederick Earl Exley (novel); William Kinsolving
Produced by	Martin Davidson
Starring	Jerry Orbach
Cinematography	Harry Makin
Edited by	Michael Manne
Music by	Ron Collier
Production; company	Coquihala
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 21, 1972;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$800,000

A Fan's Notes is a 1972 Canadian comedy film directed by Eric Till, based on Frederick Earl Exley's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Jerry Orbach plays a middle-aged dreamer and football fan, longs to be someone rich and famous but instead has to come to terms with the fact he can only be a fan, not a player.

Cast

Jerry Orbach as Fred
Patricia Collins as Patience
Burgess Meredith as Mr. Blue
Rosemary Murphy as Moms
Conrad Bain as Poppy

Production

The film was shot from 8 September 1970 to 22 January 1971, on a budget of $800,000 (equivalent to $6,013,397 in 2023), with $200,000 coming from the Canadian Film Development Corporation.^[2]

Release

A Fan's Notes and The True Nature of Bernadette were the first privately-funded Canadian films shown at the Cannes Film Festival.^[3] The film was theatrically released on 29 September 1972, in Toronto.^[2]