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Best Friends

  • 19821982
  • PGPG
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.9K
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POPULARITY
17,172
7,872
Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds in Best Friends (1982)
After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.
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After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,172
7,872
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    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writers
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • Stars
      • Burt Reynolds
      • Goldie Hawn
      • Jessica Tandy
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writers
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • Stars
      • Burt Reynolds
      • Goldie Hawn
      • Jessica Tandy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 28User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Richard Babson
    Goldie Hawn
    Goldie Hawn
    • Paula McCullen
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Eleanor McCullen
    Barnard Hughes
    Barnard Hughes
    • Tim McCullen
    Audra Lindley
    Audra Lindley
    • Ann Babson
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Tom Babson
    Ron Silver
    Ron Silver
    • Larry Weisman
    Carol Locatell
    Carol Locatell
    • Nellie Ballou
    Richard Libertini
    Richard Libertini
    • Jorge Medina
    Peggy Walton-Walker
    Peggy Walton-Walker
    • Carol Brandon
    Noah Hathaway
    Noah Hathaway
    • Lyle Ballou
    Mikey Martin
    • Robbie Ballou
    Helen Page Camp
    Helen Page Camp
    • Maid
    Joan Pringle
    Joan Pringle
    • Doria
    Vincent J. Isaac
    • Cab Driver
    Jeffrey Bannister
    • Shoe Salesman
    Alfred Mariorenzi
    • Gate Guard
    David Cullinane
    • Waiter
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writers
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Burt Reynolds once said of his co-star Goldie Hawn in this movie: "Goldie Hawn and I had been talking for five years about doing a movie together. She's someone who makes me laugh. Really laugh. I knew her when she was a dumb blonde and even then she was one of the smartest people I knew" and "We'd meet for dinner and compare notes on the scripts we'd read and liked, but we always ran up against the same problem. The male role always dominated the female character or vice versa. They didn't seem to be writing the kind of give-and-take comedies that Tracy and Hepburn [Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn] or Cary Grant and Jean Arthur used to do."
    • Goofs
      Goldie Hawn mentions Teresa Wright not being on the train in Since You Went Away (1944). It was Jennifer Jones, not Wright.
    • Quotes

      Paula McCullen: Breasts too large, Richard? Every female character you create has breasts too large.

      Richard Babson: Mmm... but I make them suffer for it.

    • Alternate versions
      ABC edited 13 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Dueling Critics (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
      Performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram

      Music by Michel Legrand

      Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

      Produced by Johnny Mandel

      Arranged by Greg Phillinganes & Johnny Mandel

    User reviews28

    Review
    Top review
    Bland and tiresome.
    Burt Reynolds' appealing performance is the only thing one can recommend about this aimless, extremely mild comedy. It's so bland that it seems more like a kiddie film. The supporting characters are mostly annoying caricatures. By the end, you'll be feeling that the movie wasn't really worth your time.
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    10
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    • Aug 28, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros.
      • WB Shop / Warner Archive
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Zwei dicke Freunde
    • Filming locations
      • Central Railroad Terminal, Buffalo, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Timberlane Productions
      • Major Studio Partners
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,821,203
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,022,891
      • Dec 19, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,821,203
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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