The War of the Roses
1989
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
Directed by Danny DeVito
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Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
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- Director
- Danny DeVito
- Written by
- Warren Adler, Michael J. Leeson
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan, James L. Brooks
- Composer
- David Newman
- Cinematographer
- Stephen H. Burum
- Editor
- Lynzee Klingman
- Studios
- Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.9/10 (1,272 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 84% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 80/100
- IMDb
- 6.8/10 (62,437 votes)
Cast
Michael Douglas
Oliver Rose
Kathleen Turner
Barbara Rose
Danny DeVito
Gavin D'Amato
Marianne Sägebrecht
Susan
Sean Astin
Josh at 17
Heather Fairfield
Carolyn at 17
G.D. Spradlin
Harry Thurmont
Peter Donat
Jason Larrabee
Dan Castellaneta
Man in Chair
Gloria Cromwell
Mrs. Marshall
Harlan Arnold
Mr. Dell
Mary Fogarty
Mrs. Dell
Rika Hofmann
Elke
Patricia Allison
Maureen
Peter Brocco
Elderly Mourner
Philip Perlman
Bidder at Auction
Susan Isaacs
Auctioneer's Assistant
Trenton Teigen
Josh at 10
Crew
Danny DeVito
Director
Michael J. Leeson
Screenplay
Warren Adler
Novel
Arnon Milchan
Producer
James L. Brooks
Producer
David Newman
Original Music Composer
Stephen H. Burum
Director of Photography
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
Ida Random
Production Design
Doug Claybourne
Executive Producer
Polly Platt
Executive Producer
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