Widowed Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) keeps several suitors at arm's length in Houston, focusing instead on her close, but controlling, relationship with daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Anxious to escape her mother, Emma marries callow young college professor Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) over her mother's objections, moves away, and has three children. Despite their frequent spats and difficulty getting along, Emma and Aurora have a very close tie between them, and keep in touch by telephone.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Penney Finkelman Cox, James L. Brooks, Martin Jurow |
Directed By: | James L. Brooks |
Written By: | James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtry |
Cast: | Dana Vance, Judy Dickerson, Mary Kay Place, Peg Sheldrick, Debra Winger, Huckleberry Fox, Danny DeVito, Nancy Mette, Charles Beall, Lisa Hart Carroll, Amanda Watkins, Albert Brooks, Betty King, Paul Menzel, Shane Serwin, Tom Wees, Megan Morris, Troy Bishop, Sharisse Baker-Bernard, F. William Parker, Jack Nicholson, Norman Bennett, Buddy Gilbert, Shirley MacLaine, Jeff Daniels, David Boles, David Wohl, Michelle Watkins, John Lithgow, Tara Yeakey, Kate Charleson, Jennifer Josey |
In Theaters: | Dec 09, 1983 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Budget: | $8,000,000 |
Box Office: | $108,423,489 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |