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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 04/10/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 11 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy Drama, Tragi-comedy, Family Drama See Also: Terms of Endearment [I Love the 80's Edition], Terms of Endearment [Widescreen], Terms of Endearment [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]

Terms of Endearment covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Fiercely protected by Aurora throughout childhood, Emma runs into resistance from her mother when she marries wishy-washy college teacher Flap (Jeff Daniels). Aurora is even more put out at the prospect of being a grandmother, though she grows a lot fonder of her three grandkids than she does of her son-in-law. Flap proves that Aurora's instincts were on target when he enters into an affair with a student (Kate Charleson). Meanwhile, Emma finds romantic consolation with an unhappily married banker (played by John Lithgow, who registers well in a rare "nice guy" performance). As for Aurora, she is ardently pursued by her next-door neighbor, boisterous astronaut Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson). After 75 minutes or so of pursuing an episodic, semi-comic plotline, the film abruptly shifts moods when Emma discovers that she has terminal cancer. Terms of Endearment won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay for TV veteran James L. Brooks making his first feature film, Best Actress for MacLaine, and Best Supporting Actor for Nicholson. It was followed by a sequel, The Evening Star (1996), which again featured MacLaine as Aurora. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Debra Winger - Emma Greenaway
Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenaway
Jack Nicholson - Garrett Breedlove
Jeff Daniels - Flap
John Lithgow - Sam Burns

The Academy Award winner for Best Picture of 1983, Terms of Endearment arrives on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a second English soundtrack and a French soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by director James L. Brooks, production designer Polly Platt, and producer Penney Finkelman Cox. The theatrical trailer rounds out this solid release from Paramount. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide