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Finnegan Begin Again
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Wikipedia article
'Finnegan Begin Again' is a 1985 American made-for-HBO romantic comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver, shot by Robby Mller, and starring Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia and premiered on HBO on February 24, 1985, before being released on video. The supporting cast features Sam Waterston and Sylvia Sidney.
Plot
Michael Finnegan, a past-his-prime journalist, has been relegated to ghost-writing "Dear Felicity", a column for the lovelorn. He and his wife live in a decaying neighborhood. She is long despondent over the loss of their young son, and lives in a fantasy world. Despite these reversals, Finnegan retains his optimism; he knows that lives can start over, and over. He gets his own chance to begin again when one day on the bus, he meets Liz DeHaan, an art teacher who is having an affair with a married man.
Cast
*Mary Tyler Moore ... Liz DeHaan
*Robert Preston ... Mike Finnegan
*Sam Waterston ... Paul Broadbent
*Sylvia Sidney ... Margaret Finnegan
*David Huddleston ... Jack Archer
*Bob Gunton ... Christian Jamison
*Giancarlo Esposito ... Intruder
*Russell Horton ... Mort
*Avery Brooks ... Dude on Bus
*Peter Friedman ... John Jewell
*Jon DeVries ... Dr. Binder
*Rick Warner ... Charlie DeWitt
Home media
The film was released on VHS by Thorn EMI/HBO Video under license from Home Box Office. However, it never released on DVD or Blu-ray.
References
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