Terms of Endearment is a Wonderful movie - It deals with 4 different relationships in depth and in a way that is at times funny, heartwarming, sad, dramatic and finally tragic - The relationship between Aurora and Emma is probably my favorite Mother/Daughter relationship in any movie - and Jack Nicholson just rocks - he has a supporting role, but it is tailor made for him and he nails it - receivi... read more
Description:This Oscar-winning film is both eccentrically funny and an old-fashioned tearjerker. The story centers around the ... Full Descriptionvolatile relationship between a mother and daughter spanning 30 years. The various permutations of their lives are examined, including the daughter's bout with terminal cancer.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENTThis Oscar-winning film is both eccentrically funny and an old-fashioned tearjerker. The story centers around the ... Full Descriptionvolatile relationship between a mother and daughter spanning 30 years. The various permutations of their lives are examined, including the daughter's bout with terminal cancer.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT is a deeply observed drama about the intimate relationship between a mother and daughter, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger are at their absolute best, with terrific support from Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. Academy Award Nominations: 11, including Best Actress--Debra Winger and Best Supporting Actor--John Lithgow. Academy Awards: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress--Shirley MacLaine, Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor--Jack Nicholson.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT was James Brooks first big-screen directorial effort. The 1996 film THE EVENING STAR is the sequel to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.
"Texas widow Aurora Greenway's (Shirley MacLaine) hospital scene when she panicked and shrieked over her 30 year-old daughter Emma Greenway Horton's (Debra Winger) terminal cancer and demanded that the nurses give her dying daughter (at past 10 o'clock) her overdue shot of morphine: ("I don't see why she has to have this pain....It's time for her shot, do you understand? Do something...My daughter is in pain! Give her the shot, do you understand me? GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!!"); and the most tea"
" has television in his soul: his people are incredibly tiny (most are defined by a single stroke of obsessive behavior), and he chokes out his narrative in ten-minute chunks, separated by aching lacunae.
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader"
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Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove in "Terms of Endearment" (7th nomination/2nd win)
John Lithgow as Sam Burns in "Terms of Endearment" (2nd nomination)"
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Debra Winger as Emma Horton in "Terms of Endearment" (2nd nomination)
Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway in "Terms of Endearment" (5th nomination/1st win)
INDISPUTABLE!"
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