Cutting Loose (documentary film)
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Directed byJames Lipscomb
Produced byJerry Adler
CinematographyJames Lipcomb
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| Cutting Loose | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Lipscomb |
| Produced by | Jerry Adler |
| Cinematography | James Lipcomb |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $700,000 |
Cutting Loose is an American documentary film from James Lipscomb about five teenagers sailing from California to Singapore starting in 1971.[1]
Lipscomb had made Blue Water, White Death (1971) for Cinema Center Films which agreed to finance Cutting Loose for $700,000. The film was shot and edited over a year.[1][2]
The film was described by Los Angeles Times as "big, exciting, personal and in its way inspiring."[1] However it struggled to find a distributor and was never released theatrically.[1] Lipscomb adapted the story into a book which was published in 1974.[3][4]