Robert was madly in love with Mary. Mary was madly in love with him. Under the circumstances they did the only thing they could do... they broke up.
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemporary and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Albert BrooksRobert Cole
- Kathryn HarroldMary Harvard
- Bruno KirbyJay
- James L. BrooksDavid
- Bob EinsteinSporting Goods Salesman
- Jane HallarenEllen
- Albert HendersonHead Mixer
- Meadowlark LemonHimself
- George KennedyGeorge Kennedy / Zeron
- Tyann MeansWaitress
Crew
- Albert BrooksDirector
- Albert BrooksScreenplay
- Monica JohnsonScreenplay
- Eric SaarinenDirector of Photography
- Lance RubinOriginal Music Composer
- David FinferEditor
- Martin ShaferProducer
- Andrew ScheinmanProducer
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Pairings
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Series · Both contemporary, spare, character-led.
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