An Unmarried Woman (1978)

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" Every once in a while, for some actors, there comes a role that defines their career, their talent or both. For Jill Clayburgh, it was that of an unmarried woman. Erica Benton(Clayburgh) is a successful modern-day woman who seems to have it together. Until she suddenly finds herself no longer married. And thus begins the emotional roller coaster that will show her that she was never as together as she initially thought. A realization that she eventually finds makes her feel more liberated than"

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"In New York City, Erica Benton (Jill Clayburgh) dwells in a comfortable lifestyle with her husband Martin (Michael Murphy), but soon suffers an identity crisis once their marriage ends. Currently a single mother, Erica seeks advice from her friends including Elaine (Kelly Bishop) and encounters sexual affairs with other men, including a sensitive abstract artist Saul Kaplan (Alan Bates). Paul Mazursky’s "An Unmarried Woman" follows the main character’s torment and anger during her life of di"

An Unmarried Woman

“In many ways, An Unmarried Woman is a cosmetic update of a woman’s picture from the 40s. It wouldn’t be hard to imagine a tougher dame like Ginger Rogers or Carole Lombard starring in a fluffier, happier version of this story about a woman reconciling from a divorce and finding her footing again as a single woman. It would include women like Eve Arden appearing as one of the best friends, eternally with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other offering up bon mots and supportive sarcasm. It would be both incredibly similar and tonally different to this film, but it’s easy to trace the line from those films to this one.   A woman in an idealized life finds it suddenly rocked by the revelation that her husband is leaving her, and the stability and complacency of her life is ” read more

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