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8 December 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.Plot:
A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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It walks a very fine line between love and hate. more (80 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Douglas | ... | Oliver Rose |
 | Kathleen Turner | ... | Barbara Rose |
 | Danny DeVito | ... | Gavin D'Amato |
 | Marianne Sägebrecht | ... | Susan |
 | Sean Astin | ... | Josh at 17 |
 | Heather Fairfield | ... | Carolyn at 17 |
| G.D. Spradlin | ... | Harry Thurmont |
| Peter Donat | ... | Jason Larrabee |
 | Dan Castellaneta | ... | Man in Chair |
| Gloria Cromwell | ... | Mrs. Marshall |
| Harlan Arnold | ... | Mr. Dell |
| Mary Fogarty | ... | Mrs. Dell |
| Rika Hofmann | ... | Elke |
| Patricia Allison | ... | Maureen |
| Peter Brocco | ... | Elderly Mourner |
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Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #30033) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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The car that Oliver owns in the movie is a 1960 Morgan Roadster (known to collectors as a Morgan 4/4). The car was really crushed in the film and was purchased by a man named Bill Caruso of Hartford, CT, who restored it with the intention of racing it at Limerock Park, however he died before he could. It was purchased by auto enthusiast Wayne Carini for his show "Chasing Classic Cars". moreGoofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Benny (the dog) greets Oliver as he is coming out of the sauna, we hear Benny barking, however we see him licking Oliver. moreQuotes:
Oliver Rose: Barbara, Susan is here. She wants to know if you are all right.Barbara Rose: Never felt better.
Oliver Rose: [opens the door for Susan] Thank you for dropping by, Susan.
Susan: Will you go outside with me, Mr.Rose?
Oliver Rose: Let's go.
[pauses]
Oliver Rose: Wait a minute, I forgot something.
Susan: What?
Oliver Rose: Barbara!
[shuts the door in front of her nose]
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Pretty Lady, Lovely Lady moreFAQ
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Danny DeVito's "War of the Roses" is a sharp and wickedly funny satire that looks deeply into married life and oh, yes that dreadful word - "divorce" is included, too.
Michael Douglas ("Traffic", "Wonder Boys"), Kathleen Turner ("The Virgin Suicides"), and director DeVito himself star here in the tale where the peaceful lives of a married couple, Oliver and Barbara Rose (Douglas and Turner) has begun to get nasty and downright brutal. Why is this happening you might ask? Simple. The war begins when in their divorce proceedings, Oliver and Barbara desperately want to get the house in their settlement. Unforturnately, they "both" get the house and try to avoid coming into contact (verbal or physical) with each other, which makes the situation worse.
DeVito, who is the film's onscreen narrator and plays Gavin, a close friend of Oliver's, tries to be careful here in how to handle the ongoing spat that Rose gets into. He has made an intelligent movie here in letting the film take a very fine line between love and hate. Also, there a few hilarious scenes where Douglas adds a special flavor to a pot of cooking fish that Turner was going to serve a small group of guests and how the house becomes a warzone that's rigged with some unexpected surprises. Plus, the DeVito character defines the legal battle as "a love story".
The performances are great and the photography by Stephen H. Burum ("The Untouchables") is stylish and marvellous. This film was adapted from the novel written by Warren Adler.