Best Friends (1982)
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We'd rather not speculate over how much of Best Friends is autobiographical. We'll just note that this story of a male-female screenwriting team was written by real-life married scenarists Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. Lovers as well as collaborators, scriveners Richard Babson (Burt Reynolds) and Paula McCullen (Goldie Hawn) decide to make their union legal. Predictably enough, they discover that their relationship goes straight downhill after they say "I do." The stars are far less interesting than the supporting cast, including Jessica Tandy and Barnard Hughes as Hawn's parents, Audra Lindley and Keenan Wynn as Reynolds' folks, Ron Silver as an avaricious producer (no names, please!), and Richard Libertini as a Mexican justice of the peace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast:
- Burt Reynolds - Richard Babson
- Jessica Tandy - Eleanor McCullen
- Audra Lindley - Ann Babson
- Ron Silver - Larry Weisman
- Rodney Kageyama - Meter Reader
- Brian Corrigan - Waiter
- Joan Pringle - Doria
- Terrence Currier - Henry Spaulding
- Carol Locatell - Nellie Ballou
- Vincent J. Isaac - Cab Driver
- Helen Page Camp - Maid
- Goldie Hawn - Paula McCullen
- Barnard Hughes - Tim McCullen
- Keenan Wynn - Tom Babson
- Richard Libertini - Jorge Medina
- Peggy Walton-Walker - Carol Brandon
- Douglas Roberts - Stuart
- David Cullinane - Waiter
- Mickey Martin - Robbie Batiou
- Noah Hathaway - Lyle Ballou
- Jimmy Lewis - Diner
- Jennifer Jewison - Skier
- Director(s):
- Norman Jewison
- Writer(s):
- Valerie Curtin, Mitch Markowitz, Barry Levinson
- Producer(s):
- Norman Jewison, Patrick Palmer
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