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Nov 20, 2023 · Overall, this movie is a great time capsule of 1980s family life and even a commentary on generational shifts in culture, as illustrated by Emma’s fish-out-of-water dinner experience in New York City with a group of divorced and childless working women.
Nov 10, 2023 · Setting the template for the sort of tender funny-sad movie that would become a Hollywood staple, 1983’s “Terms of Endearment” is rooted in the experience of a Houston widow, Aurora Greenway...
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Nov 10, 2023 · “Terms of Endearment” is newly available in a 40th-anniversary edition 4K Blu-ray from Paramount.
- Jim Hemphill
- Garin Pirnia
- James L. Brooks created Jack Nicholson’s astronaut character. In Larry McMurtry’s book, Aurora has a suitor who was 30 years older than her, which didn’t sit right with Brooks.
- Shirley MacLaine wanted to give Aurora a Texas accent. James L. Brooks had been looking for a fiftyish woman to play Aurora but couldn’t find the right woman—until legendary talent agent Sue Mengers mentioned Shirley MacLaine.
- Debra Winger based Emma on Norman Rockwell. “I do American characters,” Debra Winger told The Washington Post. “Norman Rockwell was the inspiration for most of Terms of Endearment.
- Burt Reynolds was originally cast to play Garrett Breedlove. Brooks had originally cast Burt Reynolds for the part of Garrett Breedlove, but Reynolds dropped out to star in another movie.
Nov 24, 2023 · “Terms of Endearment,” initially rejected by studios that thought audiences wouldn’t want to see a movie in which a main character dies, was nominated for 11 Oscars.
Jun 11, 2016 · Terms of Endearment (1983) might be the greatest film about the mother-daughter relationship ever made, a sometimes dramatic, sometimes funny, always deeply moving film about twenty-five years in the relationship of a mother, Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, Emma (Debra Winger). The first moments of the film display how ...
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Nov 16, 2023 · Director James L. Brooks discusses the behind-the-scenes of the iconic film Terms of Endearment, including casting changes and the challenges faced in getting it made. Brooks explains why...
