Terms of Endearment 1983

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenaway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Fiercely protected by Aurora throughout childhood, Emma runs into resistance from her mother when she marries wishy-washy college teacher Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels). Aurora is even more put out at the prospect of being a grandmother, though she grows a lot fonder of her three grandkids than she does of her son-in-law. Flap proves that Aurora's instincts were on target when he enters into an affair with a student (Kate Charleson). Meanwhile, Emma finds romantic consolation with an unhappily married banker (John Lithgow). As for Aurora, she is ardently pursued by her next-door neighbor, boisterous astronaut Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson). After 75 minutes or so of pursuing an episodic, semi-comic plotline, the film abruptly shifts moods when Emma discovers that she has terminal cancer.

It was followed by a sequel, The Evening Star (1996), which again featured MacLaine as Aurora.

Terms of Endearment Movie Details 🎥

Directed by

James Lawrence Brooks

Writing Credits

James Lawrence Brooks (Screenplay)

Larry McMurtry (Based on the novel by)

Starring

Shirley MacLaine

Debra Winger

Jeff Daniels

Lisa Hart Carroll

John Lithgow

Danny DeVito

Jack Nicholson

Jennifer Josey

Troy Bishop

Huckleberry Fox

Norman Bennett

Kate Charleson

Betty King

Music by

Michael Gore

Cinematography by

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Categories: Oscars, Oscar Academy Award Winner, Golden Globes, Golden Globe Winner, EEBAFTAs, BAFTA Award Nominee

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States

Followed by: The Evening Star (1996)

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