Heartburn (film)

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Heartburn
Directed by	Mike Nichols
Produced by	Robert Greenhut Mike Nichols
Written by	Nora Ephron
Starring	Meryl Streep Jack Nicholson
Music by	Carly Simon
Cinematography	Nestor Almendros
Editing by	Sam O'Steen
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	July 25, 1986
Running time	108 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

Heartburn is a 1986 film based on Nora Ephron's semi-autobiography about her second marriage to Carl Bernstein and his affair with Margaret Jay.^[1]

Directed by Mike Nichols, the film stars Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. (Nicholson replaced Mandy Patinkin, who was fired after one day of shooting).^{[citation needed]}

Heartburn has a host of known actors in small parts, including Caroline Aaron, Karen Akers, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Joanna Gleason, Steven Hill, Dana Ivey and Catherine O'Hara, plus once and future Oscar winners Milos Forman, Mercedes Ruehl, Maureen Stapleton and Kevin Spacey, as the subway thief who steals Rachel's wedding ring.

The theme from the soundtrack, "Coming Around Again," as well as the end title song, "Itsy Bitsy Spider", were written by Carly Simon for this film and were included in Simon's 1987 album Coming Around Again.

Despite the film's failure at the box office, Streep has more than once identified this as a favorite film role.^{[citation needed]}

1 Plot
2 Featured cast
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The film is about two journalists, Rachel and Mark, who meet at their friend's wedding, suddenly fall in love with each other, and eventually get married. Rachel moves with Mark to Washington, D.C. Their home is not complete, however, until they finally have their first child. Rachel believes she has a good marriage, until she discovers that Mark is having an affair with someone in their circle while she is pregnant with their second child.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Stockard Channing	Julie Siegel
Jeff Daniels	Richard
Miloš Forman	Dmitri
Joanna Gleason	Diana
Steven Hill	Harry Samstat
Anna Maria Horsford	Della, Harry's Maid
Richard Masur	Arthur Siegel
Ron McLarty	Detective Andrew O'Brien
Jack Nicholson	Mark Louis Forman
Catherine O'Hara	Betty
Mercedes Ruehl	Eve
Kevin Spacey	Subway Thief
Maureen Stapleton	Vera
Meryl Streep	Rachel Louise Samstat/Forman
Kenneth Welsh	Dr. Appel

[edit] Notes

^ Jay was, at that time, wife of the British Ambassador, Peter Jay. She is now better known as Baroness Jay of Paddington, a Labour politician. She was Leader of the House of Lords from 1998-2001. Her father was British Prime Minister James Callaghan.