Terms of Endearment

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation).

Terms of Endearment
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames L. Brooks
Screenplay byJames L. Brooks
Based onTerms of Endearment
by Larry McMurtry
Produced byJames L. Brooks
Starring
CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak
Edited byRichard Marks
Music byMichael Gore
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • November 23, 1983 (1983-11-23) (US: limited)
  • December 9, 1983 (1983-12-09) (US: wide)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million
Box office$165 million[2]

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 (for MacLaine), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (for Nicholson). A sequel, The Evening Star, was released in 1996.

  1. ^ "Terms of Endearment (15)". British Board of Film Classification. December 6, 1983. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 15, 2002). "Top 50 worldwide grossers". Variety. p. 52, Paramount at 90 supplement.
  3. ^ Multiple sources: