Terms of Endearment

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American film comedy-drama film film

Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American comedy-drama film, based on Larry McMurtry’s novel, that follows the complex mother-daughter relationship over several decades and won multiple Academy Awards.

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Label Occurrences
Terms of Endearment canonical 18
Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment 1
Terms of Endearment (novel) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Larry McMurtry ⓘ
basedOn Terms of Endearment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Terms of Endearment (novel)
bestActressWinner Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
bestSupportingActorWinner Jack Nicholson ⓘ
castMember Danny DeVito ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ
Jeff Daniels ⓘ
John Lithgow ⓘ
character Aurora Greenway ⓘ
Emma Greenway ⓘ
Garrett Breedlove ⓘ
cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak ⓘ
composer Michael Gore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director James L. Brooks ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Richard Marks ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
family drama ⓘ
leadActor Debra Winger ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
mainTheme family dynamics ⓘ
illness and mortality ⓘ
mother-daughter relationship ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress (Debra Winger)

Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of complex mother-daughter relationship ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarYear 56th Academy Awards ⓘ
portrays Debra Winger as Emma Greenway ⓘ
Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway ⓘ
producer James L. Brooks ⓘ
Polly Platt ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS November 23, 1983 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 132 ⓘ
screenwriter James L. Brooks ⓘ
setInPeriod several decades ⓘ
settingLocation Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas

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Jack Nicholson → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
John Lithgow → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
John Lithgow → filmRole → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Jeff Daniels → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Sherry Lansing → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Debra Winger → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Polly Platt → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Polly Platt → workedOn → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Richard Marks → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Richard Marks → workedOn → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Larry McMurtry → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Larry McMurtry → screenplayAdaptationOf → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
James L. Brooks → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
James L. Brooks → directed → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
John → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
subject surface form: John Joseph Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson → notableWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
John Joseph Nicholson → notableAwardWinningWork → Terms of Endearment ⓘ
Terms of Endearment → basedOn → Terms of Endearment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terms of Endearment (novel)
The Evening Star → isSequelTo → Terms of Endearment ⓘ