A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.
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Alan J. Pakula
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| 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 | |
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MacIntyre Dixon | ... | Dan Ryan |
| Jay O. Sanders | ... | Larry (as Jay Sanders) | |
| Charles Kimbrough | ... | Salesman | |
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Richard Whiting | ... | Everett |
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Alfie Wise | ... | Workshop Member |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Workshop Member | |
| Sturgis Warner | ... | John Morganson | |
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Mary Catherine Wright | ... | Student 1 (as Mary C. Wright) |
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Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he begins to forge a new new relationship with an equally insecure teacher (Jill Clayburgh). But when the wife attempts a reconciliation - seduction followed by a truly excruciating song she has composed for him - he realizes where his loyalty lies. Written by alfiehitchie
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love | boston massachusetts | bad singing | starting over | friendship |Taglines:
Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...One way, or the other. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 October 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Gross USA:
$35,649,012Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$35,649,012Company Credits
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(1979)
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Candice Bergen
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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. See more »Goofs
Moving mic shadow is visible on wall in scene where Phil meets Marie's children. See more »Soundtracks
Better Than Ever(1979)
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Candice Bergen
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I loved Burt Reynolds when I was wee. And performances like this, for me, are what he was best at. Here's the scoop: he is normal, we are normal, but the world is a bit crazy, and us normal guys have got to navigate it and find true, terrific, wonderful love.
This is a romantic comedy, a genre which seldom produces a great film, and indeed this is not a great film. That said, it is an above - average, very enjoyable film of it's type, which is genuinely LOL funny in places, and has not dated at all. And, it has a nice Christmas-time thing going on, which may or not be relevant to your interest. Slightly wonky (New York / Bostony) music is fitting, and I would defo give Bergen a cuddle with that see-through blouse thing on.
When the end credits come up, with another cheesy song, you might feel that you know a wee bit more about humanity, and more again about what love really is, and isn't.