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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Robert Benton |
| Stars: |
Justin Henry |
| Actors: |
Jane Alexander |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Law/Lawyers · Family Interaction · Parenthood · Tear Jerker · Heartwarming · Marriage · Christmas · Divorce · Essential Cinema · Classic |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396600300 |
| Release Date: |
1979 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 45min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 45min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (August 28, 2001) UPC: 043396048584 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Box Office Hit's Edition, 1hr 45min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (February 20, 2000) UPC: 043396018242 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Robert Benton |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/19/1979, p.C23, Vincent Canby): "...Fine, witty, moving, most intelligent....Hoffman is splendid..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Robert Benton's moving and well-observed adaptation of Avery Corman's novel about the aftermath of divorce stars Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as the separating couple, Ted and Joanna Kramer. When dutiful wife and mother Joanna decides to leave Ted, an advertising executive, she also leaves him with the responsibility of caring for their young son, Billy (Justin Henry). The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic father has never really taken care of the boy and, in truth, barely knows him. Things are rough at first, but as the two become accustomed to life without Joanna and Ted's caretaking skills improve, father and son finally develop a relationship. As Ted devotes more time to his son and less to his work, however, the latter suffers, and Ted's subsequent firing coincides with the return of Joanna, who wants her son back. <br> <br> Despite the titular framing of a custody trial, KRAMER VS. KRAMER steps lightly around the complex issue, essentially concerning itself with t... |
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