Terms of Endearment (1983) USA
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Director:James L. Brooks
Studio:Paramount
Producer:James L. Brooks, Martin Jurow, Penney Finkelman Cox
Writer:Larry McMurtry, James L. Brooks
Rating:4.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-03-28
ASIN:B00005QSMW
UPC:4010884605051
Awards:Won 5 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 10 nominations
Genre:Romance
Release:2001-04-09
IMDb:0086425
Duration:132
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 5.1, English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Commentary by director James L. Brooks, co-producer Penney Finkelman Cox and production designer Polly Platt, Unknown
Subtitles:English
James L. Brooks  ...  (Director)
Larry McMurtry, James L. Brooks  ...  (Writer)
 
Shirley MacLaine  ...  Aurora Greenway
Debra Winger  ...  Emma Greenway Horton
Jack Nicholson  ...  Garrett Breedlove
Danny DeVito  ...  Vernon Dahlart
Jeff Daniels  ...  Flap Horton
John Lithgow  ...  Sam Burns
Lisa Hart Carroll  ...  Patsy Clark
Betty King  ...  Rosie Dunlop
Huckleberry Fox  ...  Teddy Horton
Troy Bishop  ...  Tommy Horton
Shane Serwin  ...  Younger Tommy Horton
Megan Morris  ...  Melanie Horton
Tara Yeakey  ...  Baby Melanie Horton
Norman Bennett  ...  Edward Johnson
Jennifer Josey  ...  Young Emma Greenway
Andrzej Bartkowiak  ...  Cinematographer
Richard Marks  ...  Editor
Comments: Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.

Summary: Larry McMurtry's novel becomes a somewhat lumpy film as directed by James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets). Nevertheless, it is entirely winning, with Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger playing a combative mother and daughter who see each other through various ups and downs in love and loss, and most especially through a terminal illness endured by Winger's character. Jack Nicholson deservedly won an Oscar for his supporting role as a free-spirited astronaut who backs away from a romance with MacLaine and then returns in the clutch. As he always does, Brooks keeps things from getting too soapy with his intense concentration on the soulful evolution of his characters. --Tom Keogh