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Starting Over is a 1979 American comedy-drama film based on Dan Wakefield's 1973 novel, produced by James L. Brooks, and directed by Alan J. Pakula.Starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen, it follows a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.
The man is Burt Reynolds, caught between an unhappy marriage with Candice Bergen and an unsettled love affair with Clayburgh. The movie claims to be based on the novel by Dan Wakefield. So it is, perhaps, especially in the source of some of its scenes. But the tone here is based on the films of Paul Mazursky, whose "An Unmarried Woman" was one ...
Starting Over. R Released Oct 5, 1979 1h 46m Romance Comedy List. 75% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 57% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When his wife, Jessica (Candice Bergen), leaves him for a chance at a ...
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Brief Synopsis. Read More. A middle-aged man loses confidence after his wife, an ambitious singer, divorces him. Then, just as his new relationship with an insecure teacher is blossoming into a romance, his wife attempts a reconciliation. The seduction by his wife and the song she has written just for him help him make up his mind which woman ...
- Alan J. Pakula
- Burt Reynolds
Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he begins to forge a new new relationship with an equally insecure teacher (Jill Clayburgh). But when the wife attempts a reconciliation--seduction followed by a ...
Alan J. Pakula. Director. Dan Wakefield. Novel. James L. Brooks. Writer. After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
1979 Ranked Physically Owned Films. There is a ton of funny and clever sequences in Starting Over - Candice Bergen's commitment to the song performances in particular is absolutely incredible. She lets it all hang out as Pakula forces Reynolds to silently squirm for what seems like an eternity.
