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Director:
Writers:
Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 September 1980 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
It's not supposed to happen twice in your life, but it can.
Plot:
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
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(5 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Caan ... George Schneider
Marsha Mason ... Jennie MacLaine

Joseph Bologna ... Leo Schneider

Valerie Harper ... Faye Medwick

Alan Fudge ... Lee Michaels
Judy Farrell ... Gwen Michaels
Debra Mooney ... Marilyn
Isabel Cooley ... Customs Officer
Imogene Bliss ... Elderly Lady in Bookstore
Barry Michlin ... Maitre'D
Ray Young ... Gary
Greg Zadikov ... Waiter
Dr. Paul Singh ... Waiter
Sumant ... Waiter
Cheryl Bianchi ... Electric Girl
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Runtime:
124 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Marsha Mason is essentially playing herself because Neil Simonbased the story on their marriage. more
Quotes:
Jennie MacLaine: I am wonderful, I'm nuts about me, and if you're stupid enough to throw someone sensational like me aside, you don't deserve as good as you've got. more
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Soundtrack:
I'M ON YOUR SIDE more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Chapter Two, 27 September 1999
Author: Janos Smal (jsmal@osi.hu) from Budapest, Hungary

Shortly after the death of his beloved wife, a witty but man-of-moods writer falls in love with a temperamental and equally witty actress, being encouraged by his full-blooded brother and her romance-hungry best friend who have problems of their own.

This film version of Simon's autobiographical play no doubt rewards his addicts with several bright one-liners and also some permissive, gloomier-than-usual domestic drama, (all sparked by detailed performances), but possibly disappoints others with its thin and slightly uneasy plot, occasional bursts of sentimentality and the unconvincing motivations of its central character.

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