Best Friends

Best Friends (1982)

What a present for Christmas

When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."

Date of release
1982-12-17
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (58)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Norman Jewison

Casting

Interesting facts

Best Friends is a 1982 American romantic comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn. It is based on the true story of the relationship between its writers Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. The film was directed by Norman Jewison.

Production

Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin wrote the screenplay based on their relationship. They had made And Justice for All (1979) with Norman Jewison and showed him a copy of the script. Jewison felt the draft had problems but was persuaded to make it by Goldie Hawn who read the script and was enthusiastic. "I had been impressed with her talent ever since Sugarland Express," said Jewison.

Jewison and Hawn decided together on Burt Reynolds as the costar. "My instinct was that we should have star chemistry, like Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, like I had on The Thomas Crown Affair, with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway." There were six weeks of filming in New York State, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., then the unit shifted to Los Angeles. Jewison said he "took my time" with the film.

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