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The Main Event is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Jon Peters and Streisand. The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the top 20 highest grossing films of the year at the box office.
Jun 22, 1979 · The Main Event: Directed by Howard Zieff. With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo. A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
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- Comedy, Romance, Sport
- Howard Zieff
- 1979-06-22
The Main Event. Roger Ebert June 26, 1979. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In Hollywood's golden days, they were known as Meet Cutes: Those cute moments at the beginning of a movie where the boy and the girl would meet. You remember.
The Main Event (1979) stars Streisand as perfume magnate Hillary Kramer, a high-strung businesswoman whose company--in fact, her entire fortune--is stolen by her business manager / husband, who has absconded to South America.
- Howard Zieff
- Barbra Streisand
The Main Event (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
PG 1979 1h 52m Comedy List. 40% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 42% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When her accountant absconds with all her money, Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand) goes from reigning...
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- Comedy
- PG
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Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off.
