The War of the Roses

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film

The War of the Roses is a 1989 dark comedy film about a wealthy couple’s increasingly vicious divorce, noted for its sharp satire and starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito.

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Label Occurrences
The War of the Roses canonical 5
The War of the Roses (1989 film) 3
The War of the Roses (screenplay) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn The War of the Roses (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Warren Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Stephen H. Burum NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Danny DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy Lynzee Klingman NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacterRelationship husband and wife ⓘ
filmingTechnique live action ⓘ
genre black comedy film ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
hasTheme consumerism ⓘ
escalating domestic conflict ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
leadCharacter Barbara Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oliver Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy David Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedBy Danny DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratorCharacter Gavin D'Amato NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCastEnsemble Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito ⓘ
notableFor sharp satire of divorce and materialism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf collaborations between Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito ⓘ
producer Arnon Milchan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danny DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ
James L. Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Gracie Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regency Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-12-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter Michael J. Leeson NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Danny DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathleen Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject divorce ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
wealthy couple ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
title The War of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Kathleen Turner → notableWork → The War of the Roses ⓘ
Kathleen Turner → performedIn → The War of the Roses ⓘ
John Guare → notableWork → The War of the Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Roses (screenplay)
Gracie Films → produced → The War of the Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Roses
The War of the Roses (1989 film score) → basedOn → The War of the Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Roses (1989 film)
The War of the Roses (1989 film score) → partOf → The War of the Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Roses (1989 film)
Peter Donat → notableWork → The War of the Roses ⓘ
Warren Adler → notableWork → The War of the Roses ⓘ
Warren Adler → notableWorkAdaptedAs → The War of the Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Roses (1989 film)
Warren Adler → basedOn → The War of the Roses ⓘ
subject surface form: The War of the Roses (1989 film)