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Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American family tragicomedy [3] film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry 's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora ...
The Evening Star. Terms of Endearment is a 1975 American novel written by Larry McMurtry. It was his sixth novel and was adapted into a popular 1983 film. McMurtry's first three novels had been about young people leaving the country. His next three were about "urbanites": Moving On, All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers and Terms of Endearment.
The Evening Star. The Evening Star is a 1996 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award -winning 1983 film Terms of Endearment starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway, for which she won an Oscar in the original film.
“Terms of Endearment” was practically an instant classic, landing as the second-highest grossing film of 1983 behind only “Return of the Jedi.” And while the long theatrical run continued ...
Rice University (MA) Years active. 1961–2021. Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. [1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975 ...
As Chevy releases the new Corvette C8, look back at some of audiences’ favorite scenes featuring the iconic car, from movies such as "xXx," "Boogie Nights" and "Terms of Endearment."
Stroker Ace is a 1983 American action comedy sport film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds as the eponymous Stroker Ace, a NASCAR driver. Burt Reynolds turned down the role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment to do this film. The role went to Jack Nicholson, who went on to win an Oscar.
[5] (On their annual If We Picked the Winners Oscar special the next year, both Siskel and Ebert chose Charles Durning's Oscar nomination as the worst nomination of that year, believing that he took a slot that could have gone to any of the cast members of The Right Stuff or to Jeff Daniels for his performance in Terms of Endearment.)