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Chapter Two is a 1979 American Metrocolor romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Moore, produced by Ray Stark, and based on Neil Simon's 1977 Broadway play of the same name. It has a 124-minute running time. It stars James Caan and Marsha Mason, in an Academy Award-nominated performance.
- $9-10 million
- Ray Stark
Aug 30, 1980 · With James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper. George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie MacLaine, and somehow they hit it off, and just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
- (1.2K)
- Robert Moore
- PG
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. After the early loss of his first wife, playwright Neil Simon married again soon afterwards. Six months after the death, he fell in love at first sight with actress Marsha Mason, and they were married after a romance of only twenty-two days.
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Movie Info. Leo Schneider (Joseph Bologna) introduces his brother, George (James Caan), to a vivacious, recently divorced actress named Jennie MacLaine (Marsha Mason). Although George was...
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- Robert Moore
- PG
- James Caan
In Neil Simon's autobiographical romantic comedy Chapter Two (1979) James Caan stars as George Schneider, a successful writer mourning the recent death of his beloved first wife. When he meets the bright vivacious actress Jennie MacLaine (Marsha Mason), George is eager to rush into another marriage following a whirlwind courtship.
- Robert Moore
- James Caan
CHAPTER TWO is a long and rambling film version of one of Neil Simon's best plays. Like BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BILOXI BLUES, this story is based on a part of Neil Simon's own life. James Caan plays George Schneider, a fictionalized Simon, a writer who has just returned from a trip around the world after the death of his wife.
Dec 14, 1979 · Synopsis by Paul Brenner. Neil Simon's bright, autobiographical romantic comedy, a big Broadway success, has been adapted to the screen in a screenplay by Simon, directed by Robert Moore, that subtly shifts the emphasis from the play.