Movie: "An Unmarried Woman"
| Release Date: | Mar 1978 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Comedy |
| Awards | Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations |
| Runtime: | 124 min. |
| Cast: | Jill Clayburgh (Erica), Alan Bates (Saul) Michael Murphy (Martin) Cliff Gorman (Charlie) Patricia Quinn (Sue (as Pat Quinn)) Kelly Bishop (Elaine) Lisa Lucas (Patti) Linda Miller (Jeannette) Andrew Duncan (Bob) Daniel Seltzer (Dr. Jacobs) Matthew Arkin (Phil) Penelope Russianoff (Tanya) Novella Nelson (Jean) Raymond J. Barry (Edward) Ivan Karp (Herb Rowan) Jill Eikenberry (Claire) Michael Tucker (Fred) Chico MartÃnez (Cabbie (as Chico Martinez)) Clint Chin (Chinese Waiter) Ken Chapin (Man at Bar) Tom Elios (Ice Vendor) Karen Ford (Executive Secretary) Alice J. Kane (Waitress) Paul Mazursky (Hal) Pamela Meunier (Hat-Check Girl) Donna Perich (Sophie) Vincent Schiavelli (Man at Party) John Stravinsky (Bartender) Ultra Violet (Lady MacBeth) David Rasche ((uncredited)) Alison Tucker (Alison (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Erica (Jill Clayburgh), is unmarried only temporarily in that her successful, wealthy husband of seventeen years has just left her for a girl he met while buying a shirt in Bloomingdale's. The film shows Erica coming to terms with the break-up while revising her opinions of herself, redefining that self in its own right rather than as an extension of somebody else's personality, and finally going out with another man. Erica refuses to drop everything for Saul (Alan Bates), an abstract expressionist painter, simply out of love for him because he expects her to. It is not so much loneliness that is her problem, and the problems that men, flitting around this newly "available" woman like moths round a flame, bring to her sense of independence.
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