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Finnegan remet ça

Original title: Finnegan Begin Again
  • TV Movie
  • 1984
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
505
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Finnegan remet ça (1984)
ComedyDramaRomance

Mike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who ... Read allMike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who is dating a man with whom she is hopelessly mismatched. They become confidants and each al... Read allMike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who is dating a man with whom she is hopelessly mismatched. They become confidants and each allows the other to share their life and experiences with them.

  • Director
    • Joan Micklin Silver
  • Writer
    • Walter Lockwood
  • Stars
    • Mary Tyler Moore
    • Robert Preston
    • Sam Waterston
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    505
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Writer
      • Walter Lockwood
    • Stars
      • Mary Tyler Moore
      • Robert Preston
      • Sam Waterston
    • 19User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Mary Tyler Moore
    Mary Tyler Moore
    • Liz DeHaan
    Robert Preston
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    • Mike Finnegan
    Sam Waterston
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    • Paul Broadbent
    Sylvia Sidney
    Sylvia Sidney
    • Margaret Finnegan
    David Huddleston
    David Huddleston
    • Jack Archer
    Bob Gunton
    Bob Gunton
    • Christian Jamison
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    Giancarlo Esposito
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    Russell Horton
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    Peter Friedman
    • John Jewell
    Jon DeVries
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    Frederick Strother
    Frederick Strother
    • Elias Williams
    • (as Fred Strother)
    Ron McLarty
    Ron McLarty
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    • Director
      • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Writer
      • Walter Lockwood
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    10anneez2-1

    This Hard-To-Find Movie is a classic!

    This is a movie so relevant to baby-boomers --starting with a depiction of someone taking care of a relative (in this case, a wife) with dementia, and still trying to have a little bit of a life -- something many of us cope with on a daily basis. I first saw this movie on HBO when it came out in 1985, curious because the NPR had completely trashed it, completely mischaracterizing the relationship between Robert Preston and his wife, the sad, lost Sylvia Sidney. Sam Waterston isterrific as the lily-livered man who cheats on his wife with Mary Tyler Moore, and the friendship between Moore and Preston is grown-up and just lovely. This movie is impossible to find except on VHS, which is really a shame.
    8ijonesiii

    The Stars Shine in this Simple Story of Love, Friendship, ad Obligation...

    FINNEGAN BEGIN AGAIN was a delightful made for HBO TV movie about a lonely advice columnist (Robert Preston in a lovely performance), trapped into caring for his senile wife (Sylvia Sidney) who develops a relationship with a woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who is equally trapped in a dead end affair with a married man (Sam Waterston). This movie lovingly tells the story of two desperately lonely people, trapped in lives they don't know how to get out of and find solace and friendship in each other. The movie is well-written and directed and the stars, particularly Preston, are just wonderful. I don't know if this one is on DVD but it should be. If you can find it, try to catch this underrated gem.
    10bronty

    Gentle, witty, funny, quirky and warm

    "Finnegan Begin Again", originally an HBO film, features the great Robert Preston (in his second-to-last film performance) and Mary Tyler Moore in a lovely, gently quirky tale of a May-December romance. Mike Finnegan (Preston), a newspaper columnist who ghosts as an advice-for-the-lovelorn matron, is married to Margaret, a woman who is not only a few years older than he but also suffering from what is apparently (but unnamed) dementia; he accepts the fact that, beyond whatever deep love he may have for his wife, that she is, in fact, lost in the mists of her dreams and recollections, a state reflected in their once-grand home in a once-grand, but now unsafe, area: it is as cluttered with remnants of the past as Margaret's mind, perhaps even more so. By chance - and here the writers have cleverly avoided the "meet cute" - on the bus, Mike meets Liz Dehan, a widowed art teacher, who is on her way to meet the very married Paul, a funeral director, at their usual, seedy motel room. Mike fancies himself an arm-chair Sherlock Holmes, watching people for the sheer interest in them but seeing clues as to what their lives are like, and he openly practices this on Liz, much to her dismay. Despite this tense beginning between them, a warm friendship develops and they find that there may, in fact, be more than friendship at play. Much like other Mary Tyler Moore films, this is played as strictly "dramedy" and it strikes just the right chord while doing it. The chemistry between the cast as a whole, and Moore and Preston in particular, is palpable, warm, and real. The direction, by Joan Micklin Silver, is reliably sure-handed, and serves the film well. It's a funny, warm, lovely movie, one that should appeal not only to an older audience but those younger audiences with mature tastes. Currently available only on VHS, this is certainly a film worth discovering!
    mrsclean

    Preston does it again!

    Can you say cute? Robert Preston is so perfect in this movie, as in all of his movies! LOVE THAT MAN!! This movie will have your attention from start to finish. I was not a Mary Tyler Moore fan until this movie. If you feel like renting a movie and you don't know what kind of film to watch...pick this one...it will wow ya!

    ~~~~~~SMOOCHES ROBERT~~~~~~
    8riverrat-10

    great writing, acting and actors

    Typical Robert Preston acting at his best then add MTM and you have one great movie. Preston seems to be in a rut at work and at home with his ailing wife who is senile and refuses to throw anything. MTM is in almost the same boat but is widowed and having an affair with a funeral parlor owner. And their affair is going nowhere at all. Eventually Robert Preston and MTW meet and start sharing their secrets and lives. Movie is clean and well written, made for both Preston and Moore. The movie touches every nerve in your body with humor, sadness and everything in between. These two old acting pros make this movie shine. Highly recommend seeing it if you can find it. Very rare !

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      Many exterior scenes were filmed in Richmond, Virginia.
    • Quotes

      Liz DeHaan: [to Mike Finnegan] You are utterly presumptuous.

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    • Release date
      • May 1987 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Finnegan Begin Again
    • Filming locations
      • 17th Street Marketplace, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Consolidated Productions
      • HBO Premiere Films
      • Jennie & Co.
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      • 1h 55m(115 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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