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Release Date:
9 December 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.
Plot:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage...
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another 25 wins
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10 nominations
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(14 articles)
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One of the best of all time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Aurora Greenway | |
| Debra Winger | ... | Emma Horton | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Garrett Breedlove | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Vernon Dahlart | |
| Jeff Daniels | ... | Flap Horton | |
| John Lithgow | ... | Sam Burns | |
| Lisa Hart Carroll | ... | Patsy Clark | |
| Betty King | ... | Rosie Dunlop (as Betty R. King) | |
| Huckleberry Fox | ... | Teddy Horton | |
| Troy Bishop | ... | Tommy Horton | |
| Shane Serwin | ... | Younger Tommy Horton | |
| Megan Morris | ... | Melanie Horton | |
| Tara Yeakey | ... | Baby Melanie | |
| Norman Bennett | ... | Edward Johnson | |
| Jennifer Josey | ... | Young Emma |
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132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:12 |
Peru:14 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG (#27173) (re-rating on appeal) |
USA:R (original rating) |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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The role of Emma was originally written for Sissy Spacek.
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Continuity: When Emma and Patsy are speaking to each other in the hospital and Patsy is applying make-up to Emma's eye, a close-up shows Emma is wearing a lot of concealer under the right eye. Then another close-up and the make up is gone.
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Aurora Greenway:
It's past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don't understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT'S PAST TEN! My daughter is in pain, can't you understand that! GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Still Standing: Still Spending (#1.11)" (2002)
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Soundtrack:
I Feel the Earth Move
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What can I say about this film other than it is, in my opinion flawless. Every performance, every character, every scene... Debra Winger should have shared the Oscar with Shirley MacLaine. Few movies can make you laugh and cry OVER and OVER again, but this one does it for me. Even when I catch a scene on cable, I find myself drawn in emotionally and grabbing for my box of tissues. The mother-daughter relationship is so true-to-life and the chemistry between Debra and Shirley and Shirley and Jack is palpable. It is one of the greatest films ever made and should be required viewing for all mothers and daughters. This is an AMAZING and moving film!