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Jun 13, 1977 · The War Between the Tates: Directed by Lee Philips. With Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Crenna, Ann Wedgeworth, Annette O'Toole. A college professor's well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
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- Drama, Romance
- Lee Philips
- 1977-06-13
The War Between the Tates is a campus novel by Alison Lurie that takes place at an elite university during the upheavals of the late 1960s and gently and deftly skewers all sides in the turmoils and conflicts of that era — opposition to the Vietnam war, the start of the feminist movement, the generation gap, sexual liberation, experimentation ...
- Alison Lurie
- 1974
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- Lee Philips
- Elizabeth Ashley
Synopsis. A small-town college professor's wife discovers that he is having an affair with one of his students, and he is forced to resolve a crisis in his once orderly life. Barbara Turner's adaptation of Alison Lurie's book won her an Emmy Award nomination.
- Lee Philips
- Elizabeth Ashley
A college professor’s well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The War Between the Tates is a diluted but still enjoyable TV-movie adaptation of Alison Lurie's satirical novel. Elizabeth Ashley plays Erica Tate, a middle-aged suburban homemaker. Richard Crenna is her professor husband Brian Tate.
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