Mary and Rhoda
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| Mary and Rhoda | |
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| Directed by | Barnet Kellman |
| Written by | Katie Ford (story and screenplay) James L. Brooks (characters, uncredited) Allan Burns (characters, uncredited) |
| Starring | Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper Elon Gold |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 86 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Mary and Rhoda is a 2000 made-for-television movie written by Katie Ford and directed by Barnet Kellman. Although the film is a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, James L. Brooks and Allan Burns were uncredited for creating the characters. It was the only film of any kind to be based on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the first production to be set in the show's universe in eighteen years.
The film reunited Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper as Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern respectively, who were paired in the former's aforementioned highly successful eponymous CBS sitcom before Harper left the series to star in its spin-off, Rhoda.
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[edit] Plot
Mary Richards returns to Manhattan from Europe, where she has spent the past five months following her congressman husband's death. Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard Rousseau is twice-divorced, having married Frenchman Jean-Pierre after her marriage to Joe Gerard disintegrated. Mary continues to work in the news and media business, while Rhoda is a photographer. Both women have daughters - Mary's is Rose, a student at New York University, and Rhoda's Meredith is pre-med at Columbia. The plot revolves around the old friends re-establishing their relationship and support of each other, now that each is on her own.
[edit] Cast
Mary Tyler Moore
Valerie Harper
The supporting cast included
Elon Gold
Christine Ebersole
Joie Lenz
Marisa Ryan
and Mia Dillon.
[edit] Reception
Anticipating strong viewer interest, ABC scheduled the movie to air during February "sweeps" and considered it a pilot for a weekly series. The program attracted 17.8 million viewers, beating out its main competition, CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond, but critical reaction was so adverse ABC decided to abandon the project.
