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Release Date:
9 December 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.
Plot:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage...
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another 25 wins
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10 nominations
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MacLaine's best performance; ditto Winger & ensemble; Classic Nicholson - an excellent dramedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shirley MacLaine | ... | Aurora Greenway |
 | Debra Winger | ... | Emma 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 (as Betty R. King) |
| Huckleberry Fox | ... | Teddy Horton |
 | Troy Bishop | ... | Tommy Horton |
| Shane Serwin | ... | Younger Tommy Horton |
| Megan Morris | ... | Melanie Horton |
| Tara Yeakey | ... | Baby Melanie |
| Norman Bennett | ... | Edward Johnson |
| Jennifer Josey | ... | Young Emma |
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132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:12 |
Peru:14 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG (#27173) (re-rating on appeal) |
USA:R (original rating) |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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Jodie Foster turned down the role of Emma Horton, due to her commitment at Yale.
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Miscellaneous: During the scene that Emma gives Flap a tie, there is a purple tag hanging from the sleeve of her blouse.
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Aurora Greenway:
[watching Garret with a toddler] She's too old for him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Deadly Mantis (#9.4)" (1997)
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Soundtrack:
The Nearness of You
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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) **** Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, Danny De Vito. Wonderful serio-comedy about a strong-willed and independent woman (MacLaine in top form) and her only daughter a strong, yet indifferent and directionless free-spirit (Winger, nominated for Best Actress, excellent) with a penchant for a husband with a straying soul (Daniels also great). Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Nicholson in a gleefully unkempt performance and the film's stranglehold on having a good time), Screenplay (adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel), Director (James L. Brooks who also adapted the screenplay) and Best Picture. Best scenes: Nicholson's blind date with an uptight MacLaine and MacLaine's heartache in getting her daughter morphine in a hospital.