Kramer vs. Kramer update feed
" Notes: When this movie was released, divorces were not something new but there were not as widespread as nowadays (apparently, in most western countries, more than half of the marriages end up in a divorce which is pretty huge). Even so, this movie hasn't lost his impact. Indeed, it is quite a strong drama and the fact that I'm older, married with kids, resulted that I was even more able to connect with this story. Of course, the way it was developed (the father struggles at first, even loses "
" Director: Robert Benton Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, Petra King, Melissa Morell, Howard Duff, George Coe, JoBeth Williams, Howland Chamberlain and Dan Tyra Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation."
"1979! Winner: Dustin Hoffman! Nominees: Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Roy Scheider - All That Jazz as Joe Gideon Peter Sellers - Being There as Chance the Gardener/Chauncey Gardiner Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now as Captain Benjamin L. Willard"
"1979! Winner: Meryl Streep! Nominees: Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away as Evelyn Stoller Candice Bergen - Starting Over as Jessica Potter Veronica Cartwright - Alien as Lambert"
"1979! Winner: Dustin Hoffman! Nominees: Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Roy Scheider - All That Jazz as Joe Gideon Peter Sellers - Being There as Chance the Gardener/Chauncey Gardiner Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now as Captain Benjamin L. Willard"