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Overview

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6.5/10   787 votes
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Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Writers:
James L. Brooks (writer)
Dan Wakefield (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 February 1980 (Australia) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...One way, or the other.
Plot:
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Bergen Hits Back at Stroke Reports
 (From WENN. 29 September 2006)

User Comments:
Nice realistic comedy more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Reynolds ... Phil Potter
Jill Clayburgh ... Marilyn Holmberg

Candice Bergen ... Jessica Potter
Charles Durning ... Michael (Mickey) Potter
Frances Sternhagen ... Marva Potter

Austin Pendleton ... Paul

Mary Kay Place ... Marie
MacIntyre Dixon ... Dan Ryan

Jay O. Sanders ... Larry (as Jay Sanders)
Charles Kimbrough ... Salesman
Richard Whiting ... Everett
Alfie Wise ... Workshop Member
Wallace Shawn ... Workshop Member
Sturgis Warner ... John Morganson
Mary Catherine Wright ... Student 1 (as Mary C. Wright)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:16 | USA:R | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (1987)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the locations was an actual apartment building in New York City. Tenants were upset because they were forbidden from entering or leaving their apartments while scenes were shot in the hallway. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As Jessica and Phil prepare to go to bed, he slips off underwear below bottom frame line. But as shot continues, actor Burt Reynolds is clearly wearing abbreviated white undergarment. more
Quotes:
Phil Potter: If I don't touch you soon I'll go out of my mind. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Better Than Ever more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Nice realistic comedy, 9 July 2007
7/10
Author: tomodell from Long Beach, California

This is a nice movie, that depicts a man's difficult time coping with a divorce from a woman he still cares about and falling in love with another woman at the same time. Most critics have said this is Burt Reynolds finest performance. It has some very touching moments that we could all relate to, and there are some very funny moments as well.

Jill Clayburgh is perfect as a normal, not so young, woman that you could run across anywhere. If this movie was made today, they would have cast a gorgeous 18 year old, with big lips that couldn't act.

Candice Bergen, who is gorgeous, steals the show, with a hilarious scene involving her singing. The movie has aged some, and as a previous writer said, "would never be made today." But for me, that statement is complimentary to this movie.

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