A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jill Clayburgh | ... | Erica | |
| Alan Bates | ... | Saul Kaplan | |
| Michael Murphy | ... | Martin | |
| Cliff Gorman | ... | Charlie | |
| Patricia Quinn | ... | Sue (as Pat Quinn) | |
| Kelly Bishop | ... | Elaine | |
| Lisa Lucas | ... | Patti | |
| Linda Miller | ... | Jeannette | |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | Bob | |
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Daniel Seltzer | ... | Dr. Jacobs |
| Matthew Arkin | ... | Phil | |
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Penelope Russianoff | ... | Tanya |
| Novella Nelson | ... | Jean | |
| Raymond J. Barry | ... | Edward | |
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Ivan Karp | ... | Herb Rowan |
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Erica is unmarried only temporarily in that her successful, wealthy husband of seventeen years has just left her for a girl he met while buying a shirt in Bloomingdale's. The film shows Erica coming to terms with the break-up while revising her opinions of herself, redefining that self in its own right rather than as an extension of somebody else's personality, and finally going out with another man. Erica refuses to drop everything for Saul, an abstract expressionist painter, simply out of love for him because he expects her to. It is not so much loneliness that is her problem, and the problems that men, flitting around this newly "available" woman like moths round a flame, bring to her sense of independence. Written by alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords:
female nudity | marital separation | divorce | sex scene | sex in bed |Taglines:
She laughs, she cries, she feels angry, she feels lonely, she feels guilty, she makes breakfast, she makes love, she makes do, she is strong, she is weak, she is brave, she is scared, she is... an unmarried woman.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 May 1978 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Una mujer descasada See more »Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAEdit
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$24,000,000Company Credits
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[Martin and Erica are jogging along the river]
Martin: Jesus Christ! Look at this - my sneaker's ruined!
Erica: They're only thirty-five dollars.
[Erica takes Martin's shoe and cleans it off for him]
Martin: Fucking city's turning into one big pile of DOG SHIT!
[shouting at passing traffic]
Martin: Come on out and take a crap on me - everybody else is. Fuck.
[Martin lights a cigarette]
Erica: ...been jogging for 2 1/2 miles - you're giving yourself lung cancer.
[...]
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(1970) (uncredited)
Written by Paul McCartney
Performed by Jill Clayburgh and Lisa Lucas
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Trivia
Press materials for this movie featured the film's "an unmarried woman" title logo in lower-case letters with a picture of a ring (symbolizing divorce) forming the letter "O" in the title's last word. See more »Goofs
Erica tells Martin they've had sex around 2000 times (twice a week for 16yrs). Before having sex with Charlie, she tells him that she's only slept with 1 man in the past 17 years. See more »Quotes
[first lines][Martin and Erica are jogging along the river]
Martin: Jesus Christ! Look at this - my sneaker's ruined!
Erica: They're only thirty-five dollars.
[Erica takes Martin's shoe and cleans it off for him]
Martin: Fucking city's turning into one big pile of DOG SHIT!
[shouting at passing traffic]
Martin: Come on out and take a crap on me - everybody else is. Fuck.
[Martin lights a cigarette]
Erica: ...been jogging for 2 1/2 miles - you're giving yourself lung cancer.
[...]
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Crazy Credits
For Betsy See more »Soundtracks
Maybe I'm Amazed(1970) (uncredited)
Written by Paul McCartney
Performed by Jill Clayburgh and Lisa Lucas
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