Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James L. Brooks
Screenplay by	James L. Brooks
Based on	Terms of Endearment; by Larry McMurtry
Produced by	James L. Brooks
Starring	Debra Winger; Shirley MacLaine; Jack Nicholson; Danny DeVito; John Lithgow;
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by	Richard Marks
Music by	Michael Gore
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 23, 1983 (US: limited); December 9, 1983 (US: wide);
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$165 million

Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American family tragicomedy^[3] film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, 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 Greenway-Horton (Winger).

Terms of Endearment was theatrically released in limited theatres on November 23, 1983, and to a wider release on December 9 by Paramount Pictures. The film received critical acclaim and was a major commercial success, grossing $165 million at the box office, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1983 (after Return of the Jedi). At the 56th Academy Awards, the film received a leading 11 nominations, and won a leading five awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (MacLaine), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Nicholson). A sequel, The Evening Star, was released in 1996.

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^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 15, 2002). "Top 50 worldwide grossers". Variety. p. 52, Paramount at 90 supplement.
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