“Starting Over” quotes
(1979)
Title Starting Over
Year 1979
Director Alan J. Pakula
Genre Comedy, Romance
Year 1979
Director Alan J. Pakula
Genre Comedy, Romance
Plot – After divorcing his wife Jessica, who has cheated on him with her employer, Phil Potter goes to Boston where his brother Michael and sister Marva do their best to cheer him up. There, Phil meets Marylin, a teacher. When things between the two seem to be working out, Jessica appears again. The insecure Phil gives in and goes back to his arrogant and cunning ex-wife, while Marylin turns to giant John, a former basketball player. However, Phil has learned his lesson, leaves his wife again, goes back to Boston and takes Marylin back.
All actors – Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton, Mary Kay Place, MacIntyre Dixon, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Kimbrough, Richard Whiting, Alfie Wise
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“Anybody have a Valium?”
“If I don't touch you soon I'll go out of my mind.”
“- Marilyn Holmberg: What do you want?
- Phil Potter: I want us to live together. I want us to get married. I want us to have children together. I want us to put our teeth in the same cup. I want us buried together in a family plot with one headstone. What do you want?
- Marilyn Holmberg: I want a separate cup for my teeth.”
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