Heartburn (1986)
- Starring:
- Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mike Nichols
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Though she always played coy about the fact in interviews, Nora Ephron's novel Heartburn is a thinly disguised "a clef" rehash of her marriage to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein. Meryl Streep plays Rachel, an influential food critic who marries charismatic columnist Mark (Jack Nicholson) after a whirlwind courtship. Warned that Mark is constitutionally incapable of settling down with any one woman, Rachel gives up her own job to make certain that her marriage works. When Rachel announces that she's pregnant, Mark virtually jumps out of his skin with delight. But as the news sinks in, Mark chafes at the impending responsibilities of fatherhood, and the philandering begins-- as if it had ever really stopped! Our favorite scene: Rachel and her friends being robbed at her therapy group. That's Meryl Streep's real-life daughter playing Rachel's offspring. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast:
- Meryl Streep - Rachel
- Jeff Daniels - Richard
- Stockard Channing - Julie
- Catherine O'Hara - Betty
- Milos Forman - Dmitri
- Karen Akers - Thelma Rice
- Gregg Almquist - Dinner Party Guest
- Geraldine Chaplin
- Dana Ivey - Wedding Speaker
- Dana Streep - Dinner Parly Guest
- Yakov Smirnoff - Contractor Laszlo
- John Rothman - Jonathan Rice
- Cynthia O'Neal - Magazine Colleague
- Salem Ludwig - Judge
- Margaret Thomson - Irritated Wedding Guest
- Luther Rucker - Workman
- Michael Regan - Father of the Bride
- Jack Neam - Butcher
- Tracey Jackson - Hairdresser's Friend
- John Wood - British Moderator
- Libby Titus - Rachel's Sister
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Christian Clemenson - Sidney
- Jack Gilpin - Ellis
- Jack Nicholson - Mark
- Maureen Stapleton - Vera
- Richard Masur - Arthur
- Steven Hill - Harry, Rachel's Father
- Natalie Stern - Annie
- Caroline Aaron - Judith
- Sidney Armus - Jeweler
- Anna Maria Horsford - Della
- Aida Linares - Juanita
- Kevin Spacey - Subway Thief
- Mercedes Ruehl - Eve
- Angela Pietropinto - Hospital Receptionist
- Ron McLarty - Detective O'Brien
- Mamie Gummer
- R.S. Thames - Dan
- Ari M. Roussimoff - Workman
- Kimi Parks - Arthur and Julie's Daughter
- Elijah Lindsay - Anesthetist
- Patricia Falkenhain - Dinner Party Hostess
- Kenneth Welsh - Dr. Appel
- Lela Ivey - Hairdresser
- Ryan Hilliard - Dinner Party Guest
- Susan Forristal - Magazine Colleague
- Joanna Gleason - Diana
- Director(s):
- Mike Nichols
- Writer(s):
- Nora Ephron
- Producer(s):
- Mike Nichols, Robert Greenhut
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Adult Humor, Adult Situations, Not For Children)
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