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Starting Over is a 1979 American comedy-drama film based on Dan Wakefield's 1973 novel, produced by James L. Brooks, and directed by Alan J. Pakula. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen, it follows a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.
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When his wife, Jessica (Candice Bergen), leaves him for a chance at a music career, Phil Potter (Burt Reynolds) is devastated. He moves from New York City to Boston, joins a club for divorced men...
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Starting Over is a 1979 American comedy film based on Dan Wakefield's novel, produced by James L. Brooks and directed by Alan J. Pakula. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen, It follows a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.
- Alan J. Pakula
Reynolds wants to vent his hostility against the recalcitrant Clayburgh? Great! Let her star in the Dunk-the-Clown booth at the winter carnival, and let him dunk her three times. Clayburgh wants to move in with Reynolds? Swell! Let Bergen choose that exact day to visit his new apartment.
Play Trailer. Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...one way, or the other. Overview. After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher. Alan J. Pakula. Director. Dan Wakefield. Novel. James L. Brooks. Writer.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. A middle-aged man loses confidence after his wife, an ambitious singer, divorces him. Then, just as his new relationship with an insecure teacher is blossoming into a romance, his wife attempts a reconciliation.
