Terms of Endearment
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| Directed by | James L. Brooks |
| Produced by | James L. Brooks |
| Screenplay by | James L. Brooks |
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Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry |
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| Music by | Michael Gore |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Edited by | Richard Marks |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $108.4 million |
Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American comedy-drama film adapted from Larry McMurtry's eponymous 1975 novel, directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Winger).
The film received eleven Academy Award nominations and won five. Brooks won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) while MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Nicholson won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, it won four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress in a Drama (MacLaine), Best Supporting Actor (Nicholson), and Best Screenplay (Brooks).
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