Starting Over
by Alan J. Pakula
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Actor: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Jill ClayburghDirector: Alan J. Pakula
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Producer: Douglas Wick
Producer: Isabel Halliburton
Producer: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Writer: Dan Wakefield
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Color; Dolby; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Starting Over
Movie Review: STARTING OVER - BURT'S BEST?
Summary: 5 Stars
This well crafted comedy features stellar performances by its 3 top-billed stars, Clayburgh, Bergen and Reynolds; the true surprise here was the low key acting by Burt Reynolds, who plays a humble, insecure magazine writer, recently dumped by his spouse, and testing the dating waters with Jill Clayburgh, among others. Supporting roles by Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen and Austin Pendleton round out the cast and (they) contribute to the warmth and pathos of this comedy. Phil Potter (Reynolds) has just discovered his aspiring songwriter-wife Jessica (Candace Bergen in a funny, self-deprecating role) has been having an affair with his boss and she wants out of the 8 yr. marriage to pursue her songwriting dreams. Stunned, he retreats to Boston to begin a new life with the encouragement of his psychiatrist brother Mickey (Durning) who sets him up with love-shy Marilyn Holmgren (Clayburgh) and enrolls him in group therapy. Just as Phil is finding his footing in a relationship with the insecure Marilyn, Jessica shows up to try and woo him back, which includes a funny offkey serenading by Bergen, now a successful songwriter.
Both Clayburgh and Bergen were nominated for Oscars, but it's Reynolds (whose performance was inexplicably ignored by Oscar) who shines in a role against type - no macho, mustachioed, testosterone-laced good old boy posturing here. He plays the wounded middle-aged Phil Potter trying to make a new life for himself in an understated , sympathetic un-reynolds manner and is totally charming.
This 1979 flick was superbly directed by Alan J Pakula, and is highly recommended; also good to view around the christmas holidays.
Summary of Starting Over
FUNNY AND INSIGHTFUL STORY ABOUT A MAN CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS LOVEFOR HIS EX-WIFE AND A BLIND DATE THAT WORKED OUT.Similar DVD Movies
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