Directed by:
James BurrowsCinematography:
Jack SwainComposer:
Fred KarlinCast:
Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, Phillip R. Allen, Dabney Coleman, Fawne Harriman, Carl Gottlieb, Howard Hesseman, Joe Pantoliano, Michael McKean, Kay Medford, Kip King, Claudette Nevins, Pamela Hayden (more)Plots(1)
Childhood friends in the Bronx during the 1950s and '60s, Alan Corkus (Rob Reiner, TV's All in the Family) and Maddy Pearlman (Penny Marshall, TV's Laverne & Shirley) grew into awkward teenagers who attended their Senior Prom together. Despite their crossing paths again at City College, where a mutual initiation to sex helps their friendship grow into love, they never seem able to express their true feelings for each other. Years later, both have gone their separate ways, each finding frustration in love and career. When Maddy's love affair with a fellow actor ends disastrously, she surprises Alan with a visit, and the two decide to move in together. But the road to bliss is bumpy, and Maddy decides to move on again, leaving Alan unhappily trying to have relationships with other women, only to have Maddy return again... This charming comedy about their on-and-off relationship, and the bittersweet nature of love between friends - directed by Jim Burrows and from a screenplay by Reiner and Phil Mishkin - is a realistic take on the perils and pitfalls of modern romance. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rob Reiner
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Misery (1990)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Penny Marshall
USA
Best movies:
High Fidelity (2000)
The Hard Way (1991)
Get Shorty (1995)
Phillip R. Allen
USA
Best movies:
Midway (1976)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Dabney Coleman
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
Fawne Harriman
USA
Carl Gottlieb
USA
Howard Hesseman
USA
Best movies:
Silent Movie (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Joe Pantoliano
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
The Fugitive (1993)
Memento (2000)
Michael McKean
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Kay Medford
USA
Best movies:
Random Harvest (1942)
Funny Girl (1968)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Kip King
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Peyton Place (1957)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Claudette Nevins
USA
Best movies:
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Tuff Turf (1985)
Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
Pamela Hayden
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Paul Micale
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Rocky II (1979)
Cindy Fisher
Best movies:
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Bad Ronald (1974) (TV movie)
Richard Crystal
Best movies:
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
The Big Bus (1976)
Blue Sunshine (1977)
Linda Gillen
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Big (1988)
The Producers (1967)
Army Archerd
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Columbo (1971) (series)