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Charlie Peters (writer)
Release Date:
2 October 1981 (USA)
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He wants you to have his baby!
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A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached. | add synopsis
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Matthew Perry talks about his new sitcom deal, riffs on a 'Friends' reunion scenario
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Reynolds | ... | Buddy Evans | |
| Beverly D'Angelo | ... | Maggie | |
| Norman Fell | ... | Larry | |
| Paul Dooley | ... | Kurt | |
| Elizabeth Ashley | ... | Sophia Thatcher | |
| Lauren Hutton | ... | Jenny Lofton | |
| Juanita Moore | ... | Celia | |
| Peter Billingsley | ... | Tad | |
| Jacqueline Brookes | ... | Aunt Ethel | |
| Linda Gillen | ... | Cathy | |
| Mike Kellin | ... | Tour Guide | |
| Victoria Young | ... | Patti | |
| Elsa Raven | ... | Pre-natal Nurse | |
| Carol Locatell | ... | Ms. Werner | |
| Kay Armen | ... | Claudia Feinstein |
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Burt Reynolds and Beverly D'Angelo take the world famous Circleline Tour around Manhattan Island as part of the story.
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Buddy Evans:
I want this baby.
Maggie: Why this baby? Why do you want THIS baby?
Buddy Evans: Because I love it.
Maggie: You can't love anything!
Buddy Evans: I love you... five minutes ago when I smiled, it was the first time I had since you left.
Larry: Aww, isn't this wonderful? I feel like God.
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Maggie: Why this baby? Why do you want THIS baby?
Buddy Evans: Because I love it.
Maggie: You can't love anything!
Buddy Evans: I love you... five minutes ago when I smiled, it was the first time I had since you left.
Larry: Aww, isn't this wonderful? I feel like God.
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Sometimes HBO will air the most random movies. I just watched "Paternity" again. I saw it back in the day and loved it then and now.
The story of a middle aged successful single bachelor who feels eomthing is missing in his life. He decides he wants a baby, but not a wife or girlfriend...just a baby. He hooks up with Maggie (Diangelo) who is a waitress who also plays the french horn saving for a trip to Paris. He offers her money to be the surrogate (not quite as common then as it is today) and she accepts. During the months that they are together while she's carrying the baby it's obvious to see that they are destined to fall in love, but while it may be predictable it is just very sweet.
Great chemistry between buddy and maggie (reynolds and diangelo).