Divorce American Style

Divorce American Style (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bud Yorkin

Written By:
Robert Kaufman
Norman Lear

Actors:
Dick Van Dyke ..... Richard Harmon
Debbie Reynolds ..... Barbara Harmon
Jason Robards ..... Nelson Downes
Jean Simmons ..... Nancy Downes
Van Johnson ..... Al Yearling
Joe Flynn ..... Lionel Blandsforth
Shelley Berman ..... David Grieff
Martin Gabel ..... Dr. Zenwinn
Lee Grant ..... Dede Murphy
Pat Collins ..... Herself
Tom Bosley ..... Farley
Emmaline Henry ..... Fern Blandsforth
Richard Gautier ..... Larry Strickland
Tim Matheson ..... Mark Harmon
Gary Goetzman ..... Jonathan Harmon

Synopsis:

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. After 15 years together, Richard and Barbara decide they've reached the end of their collective rope, and after several rounds of marriage counseling proves fruitless, they file for divorce. Between negotiating child custody, alimony, and finding new places to live, Richard and Barbara discover divorce isn't appreciably easier than being married; meanwhile, Richard makes a new friend in Nelson Downes (Jason Robards), a fellow divorcé who would love nothing more than for Richard to marry his former wife, Nancy (Jean Simmons), and take away the burden of alimony. Also featuring Van Johnson, Lee Grant, Shelley Berman, and Eileen Brennan in her first film role, Divorce American Style earned an Oscar nomination for Norman Lear and Robert Kaufman's original screenplay.

After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce.

Social satire of a couple who divorce, and then find themselves unable to remarry because their choices are impoverished by alimony orders.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 07 January, 2012.

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