To a new one
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | To a new one |
| Original title | Starting over |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alan J. Pakula |
| script | James L. Brooks |
| production | Alan J. Pakula, James L. Brooks |
| music | Marvin Hamlisch |
| camera | Sven Nykvist |
| cut | Marion Rothman |
| occupation | |
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On a New (Original title: Starting Over ) is an American comedy film from 1979 based on a novel by Dan Wakefield.
action
Phil Potter separates from his wife Jessica, who is aiming for a singing career and also has an affair. Phil moves from New York to Boston, where his brother Mickey lives with his wife Marva. You introduce Phil to the teacher Marilyn Holmberg.
Phil starts a new life. He works part-time as a teacher and attends a meeting for divorced men. He meets Paul and Larry who are in similar situations. It's too early for Phil to have a committed relationship with Marilyn. He starts dating the single mother Marie, Marilyn's friend. But the longer he stays away from Marilyn, the more he wants to be with her. Phil and Marilyn fall in love. Despite his fears, Phil is ready to move in with Marilyn.
Jessica shows up; she looks fabulous and is a successful songwriter. At a Thanksgiving dinner, Phil gets a call from Jessica. Marilyn overhears him referring to her as "a friend". Marilyn is hurt and knows that their relationship is over. Phil moves back to New York. The more time he spends with Jessica, the more he misses Marilyn. When he is back in Boston, he learns that Marilyn is dating a basketball player. To win them back, which he ultimately manages, he does everything. He even takes basketball training with the Boston Celtics .
background
The film premiered on October 5, 1979. In Germany, it first appeared in cinemas on April 25, 1980.
In smaller supporting roles, Daniel Stern can be seen as a student (in his second film role) and Kevin Bacon as a young husband (also in the second film role).
In addition to the song Better Than Ever , nominated for the Golden Globe , two other songs were composed for the film: Easy For You and the theme song Starting Over . The two songs were also composed by Hamlisch and Bayer Sager. All three songs were sung by Candice Bergen.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film saw the film as “a light-hearted entertainment that makes fun of the attempts at emancipation depicted in films of the 1970s. Well played, without any particular depth. "
Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote that the film introduces an abandoned man in all his misery, but manages to be snappy and funny in the process. Variety found that the subject was treated from the comedic side, and that the film did it admirably. Channel 4, on the other hand, criticized that even if the actors were good, director Pakula was unsuitable for the comedy subject.
Awards
Jill Clayburgh's performance has received several nominations. In 1980 she was nominated for Best Actress for an Oscar , the Golden Globe and an American Movie Award. Candice Bergen was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and for a Golden Globe in the same category .
Other nominations for the Golden Globe went to Burt Reynolds for Best Actor and Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager for Best Movie Song with the song Better Than Ever . James L. Brooks was nominated for the WGA Award from the Writers Guild of America .
Web links
- Many happy returns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Here's a new one. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Janet Maslin : Burt Reynolds As Unmarried Husband: Post-Divorce Blues . In: The New York Times , October 5, 1979.
- ↑ See Staring Over . In: Variety , 1979.
- ↑ See film4.com ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )