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1989
  • Comedy
  • Drama

The War of the Roses

Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. this is not that movie.
Runtime
2h
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Countries
  • US
  • United States
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Languages
  • en
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.

Crew
Danny DeVito
Director
Michael J. Leeson
Screenplay
Warren Adler
Novel
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Cast
Kathleen Turner
Barbara Rose
Michael Douglas
Oliver Rose
Danny DeVito
Gavin D'Amato
Marianne Sägebrecht
Susan
Dan Castellaneta
Man in Chair
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Dec. 8, 1989
  • Original Language
    English
  • Budget
    $ 26,000,000
  • Revenue
    $ 160,188,546
  • Production Companies
    • 20th Century Fox
    • Gracie Films
    • Jersey Films

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