Between Friends (1983 film)

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Between Friends
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VIH cover of Between Friends
GenreDrama
Based onNobody Makes Me Cry by Shelley List
Written byShelley List
Jonathan Estrin
Directed by Lou Antonio
Starring Elizabeth Taylor
Carol Burnett
Music by James Horner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersRobert Cooper
Marian Rees
ProducersJonathan Estrin
Shelley List
Production location Toronto
Cinematography François Protat
EditorGary Griffen
Running time105 minutes
Production company HBO Premiere Films
Original release
Network HBO
ReleaseSeptember 11, 1983 (1983-09-11)

Between Friends (Canadian title: Nobody Makes Me Cry) is a 1983 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett, [1] based on the 1975 novel Nobody Makes Me Cry by Shelley List. [2] The film premiered in the United States as Between Friends on HBO on September 11, 1983, and was broadcast in Canada as Nobody Makes Me Cry on First Choice (Pay-TV) on October 5, 1983. The film was directed by Lou Antonio. [1]

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Plot

Mary Catherine Castelli is a fifty-year-old real estate agent whose husband left her for a younger woman; since then she's been making up for lost time with short term relationships with a number of men, some of whom are married. Deborah Shapiro is also middle-aged and newly divorced, though she is still coming to terms with being single again and has had little luck finding a new beau. Mary and Deborah meet literally by accident when they get into a fender bender outside Mary's office, but the two soon strike up a friendship after Deborah asks Mary to help her sell her house. Together, Mary and Deborah help each other deal with their new lives as single women, the difficulty of getting back into the dating pool, and the mildly terrifying onset of middle age and menopause. [3]

Cast

Production

Between Friends was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from February to March 1983. [4]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNameResult
1984
 CableACE Award Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program Carol Burnett Won
1984
CableACE AwardBest Writing in a Dramatic ProgramJonathan Estrin, Shelley ListWon
1984
CableACE AwardBest Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program Elizabeth Taylor Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 "Between Friends". Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner . Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ List, Shelley Steinmann (1975). Nobody makes me cry (1st ed.). New York City: Saturday Review Press. ASIN   B0006CJ350.
  3. ↑ Mark Deming (2015). "Between-Friends - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Taylor: A Shining Legacy on Film De La Hoz, Cindy.
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