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Thumbnail for Terms of Endearment (1983) Terms of Endearment (1983)

Basics Critics:72Viewers:72Rusty:76
Category: Comedy, Drama, RomanceNotable as: DramaSub-Category: romantic comedy, drama, film based on a novelMain subject: dysfunctional familyNarrative location: Texas, NebraskaRuntime: 131 - 132 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: James L. BrooksScreenwriter: James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtryMusic: Michael GoreCinematography: Andrzej BartkowiakStars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, John Lithgow, Jeff Daniels, Lisa Hart Carroll, Troy Bishop, Betty King, Huckleberry Fox, Albert BrooksProducer: James L. BrooksStudio: Paramount PicturesAwards won: Academy Award for Best Actress (Shirley MacLaine)
Academy Award for Best Director (James L. Brooks)
Academy Award for Best Picture (James L. Brooks)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (James L. Brooks)
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten FilmsAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress (Debra Winger)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Richard Marks)
Academy Award for Best Original Score (Michael Gore)
Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (John Lithgow)Award details: (details at IMDb)
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Terms of Endearment is a 1983 comedy-drama film adapted from the novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry, directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations and won five. Brooks won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing while MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Nicholson won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, it won four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay.


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