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Heartburn is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. The screenplay, written by Nora Ephron , is based on her novel of the same name , a semi-biographical account of her marriage to Carl Bernstein .
- $20 million
- Carly Simon
- July 25, 1986 (United States)
Mar 15, 2023 · Heartburn is the film that best embodies the maxim coined by her mother, the playwright Phoebe Ephron, which largely defined Ephron’s work: “Everything is copy.” The film is also the...
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Jul 25, 1986 · Nora Ephron. Stars. Meryl Streep. Jack Nicholson. Jeff Daniels. See production info at IMDbPro. 76 User reviews. 22 Critic reviews. 49 Metascore. Awards. 1 win & 3 nominations. Videos 2. Trailer 0:33. Watch Heartburn.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Nichols
- 1986-07-25
Nora Ephron. Maybe Nora Ephron should have based her story on somebody else's marriage. That way, she could have provided the distance and perspective that good comedy needs. Instead, she based "Heartburn" - first her novel and now her screenplay - on her own marriage.
Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune This is the most disappointing film of the year, considering its pedigree -- a Mike Nichols film from a Nora Ephron script, starring...
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- Meryl Streep
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Feb 23, 2023 · “Heartburn” is a Washington novel and a Washington Post novel: It’s based on Ephron’s explosive breakup with legendary Post Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, who had an affair with the ...
The Ephron character, Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), is a food writer at a New York City magazine who meets Washington, D.C. columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage.
