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The Family Man (1979 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Family Man' is a 1979 television film, directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Ed Asner and Meredith Baxter Birney.
Plot
Asner plays a prosperous Irish-born New Yorker who falls in love with a young pianist and is tempted to be unfaithful to his wife for the first time.
Cast
*Edward Asner as Eddie Madden
*Meredith Baxter Birney as Mercedes Cole
*Anne Jackson as Maggie Madden
*Dick Latessa as Fred
*Michael Kirby as Walter
*Michael Wincott as Charlie
*Martin Short as Louie
*Gordon Thomson as Dance Instructor
*Michael Ironside as Bartender
Reception
Writing in the 'New York Times', Tom Buckley gave the film a bad review, calling the script "resolutely undramatic, stilted and humorless", the directing "like stretching taffy" and Asner's accent "intermittent and unconvincing".
References
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