Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

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kramer vs. kramer

ORIGINAL TITLE

Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer versus Kramer)

YEAR

1979

RUNNING TIME

104 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Robert Benton

SCREENWRITER

Robert Benton (Novel: Avery Corman)

COMPOSER

John Kander & Herb Harris

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Néstor Almendros

CAST

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams, Justin Henry, Howad Duff, George Coe, Bill Moor

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Columbia Pictures

AWARDS

1980: César Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film
1979: 5 Academy Awards: Movie, Director, Actor (Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Streep), Adapted Screenplay
1979: 4 Golden Globes, including Best Movie - Drama. 7 nominations
1979: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film, Best Actor. 5 Nominations
1979: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film and Actor (Dustin Hoffman)

GENRE

Drama | Family Relationships

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

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.

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