Terms of Endearment

UPC: 097361398242

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity]

Summary: 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, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Picture – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Director – National Board of Review Best Actress – National Board of Review Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – National Board of Review Best Picture – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress – New York Film Critics Circle Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America

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Commentary by Director James L. Brooks, Co-Producer Penney Finkelman Cox, and Production Designer Polly Platt

Original Theatrical Trailer

Terms of Endearment

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/20/2009

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 131 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Terms of Endearment
1. Opening Credits and Prologue [:11]
2. Here Comes the Bride [3:48]
3. Moving Day [1:32]
4. The Astronaut [6:16]
5. Pregnant Again [7:11]
6. Turning 50 [3:24]
7. First Date [3:37]
8. Sleepless Nights [1:55]
9. Goodbyes [5:02]
10. The Doctors [2:40]
11. New York [4:17]
12. The Renoir [6:49]
13. Give My Daughter the Shots [1:35]
14. The Children [5:38]
15. She's Gone [2:12]
16. End Credits [2:45]

Richard Gilliam

Terms of Endearment is almost two films -- an upbeat, comic first half followed by a tearjerking tragedy in which Emma Greenway (Debra Winger) is stricken with cancer. It is notable for its frank treatment of serious illness and for its intricate portrayal of a troubled mother/daughter relationship.The film was a personal triumph for television veteran James L. Brooks, who took home three Oscars, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director (his first feature film), and Best Picture. Moreover, the film manages to blend together two of the screen's most dominant performers, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson, each of whom received an Oscar, perhaps for having the patience not to steal scenes from each other. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Shane Serwin  Actor 
Paul Menzel  Actor 
Megan Morris  Actor 
Mary Kay Place  Actor 
David Wohl  Actor 
Charles Beall  Actor 
F. William Parker  Actor 
Alexandra O'Karma  Actor 
Nancy Mette  Actor 
Tara Yeakey  Actor 
Sharisse Baker-Bernard  Actor 
Jennifer Josey  Actor 
Michelle Watkins  Actor 
Judith Dickerson  Actor 
Albert Brooks  Actor 
Kate Charleson  Actor 
James L. Brooks  Director 
James L. Brooks  Producer 
James L. Brooks  Screenwriter 
Michael Gore  Composer (Music Score) 
Larry McMurtry  Screenwriter 
Debra Winger  Actor 
Shirley MacLaine  Actor 
Jack Nicholson  Actor 
Jeff Daniels  Actor 
John Lithgow  Actor 
Huckleberry Fox  Actor 
Troy Bishop  Actor 
Danny DeVito  Actor 
Lisa Hart Carroll  Actor 
Betty King  Actor 
Norman Bennett  Actor 

Country: USA