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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.
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. Norman Lear produced the film and wrote the screenplay, 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.
Rated: 4/5 • Apr 8, 2005. Suburban couple Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), have exhausted their patience in their marriage.
Divorce American Style (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Since When Do Men Grow Up? Lionel (Joe Flynn), buddy of not-yet divorced Richard (Dick Van Dyke), has been explaining the utility of prostitution, thus taking him to meet Lee Grant, as Dede, her complete performance here, in Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear's Divorce American Style, 1967.
Watch Now. Divorce American Style (1967) 06/21/1967 (US) Comedy 1h 49m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. If you thought divorce was ugly, try marriage! Overview. After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce. Bud Yorkin. Director. Norman Lear. Screenplay. Robert Kaufman.
Synopsis by Mark Deming. An unhappy couple discover breaking up really is hard to do in this satiric comedy. Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), are a typical married couple in American Suburbia -- which is to say they're not very happy with each other.
