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Divorce American Style: Directed by Bud Yorkin. With Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons. Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
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- Comedy
- Bud Yorkin
- 1967-06-21
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Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin and starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, and Van Johnson. [2] Norman Lear produced the film and wrote the screenplay, [2] based on a story by Robert Kaufman.
Here is a sly, sympathetic examination of divorce in the subculture of upper-middle class suburbanites — why it is funny and why, in the end, it is not funny at all. Bud Yorkin has directed with wit and style, and the cast, which seems unlikely on paper, comes across splendidly on the screen.
After 16 years of marriage, Barbara and Richard Harmon have a luxurious Los Angeles home, an expensive car, and two well-behaved but somewhat precocious sons. Despite the material success of their marriage, Barbara feels that they don't communicate and she seeks out a marriage counselor.
- Bud Yorkin, Rusty Meek
- Dick Van Dyke
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Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems. After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up.