Finnegan Begin Again
| Finnegan Begin Again | |
|---|---|
 VHS poster | |
| Directed by | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Produced by |
Jan Wieringa Michael Deeley Gower Frost |
| Written by | Walter Lockwood |
| Starring |
Mary Tyler Moore Robert Preston Sam Waterston Sylvia Sidney David Huddleston |
| Music by | David Sanborn |
| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
| Edited by | Jay Freund |
| Distributed by |
HBO Pictures The Cannon Group |
Release dates |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Finnegan Begin Again is a 1985 made-for-HBO original romantic comedy film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in Richmond, Virginia[1] and premiered in February 1985 before being released on video.[2]
Plot
Michael Finnegan, a past-his-prime journalist, has been relegated to ghost-writing Dear Felicity, a column for the lovelorn. He and his wife live in a decaying neighborhood; his wife, still despondent over losing their young son, lives in a fantasy world. Despite these reversals, Finnegan retains his optimism: he knows human beings begin again, and again. He gets his own chance to begin again when, one day on the bus, he meets Liz DeHaan, an art teacher who is having an affair with a married man.
Cast
- Mary Tyler Moore ... Liz DeHaan
- Robert Preston ... Mike Finnegan
- Sam Waterston ... Paul Broadbent
- Sylvia Sidney ... Margaret Finnegan
- David Huddleston ... Jack Archer
- Bob Gunton ... Christian Jamison
- Giancarlo Esposito ... Intruder
- Russell Horton ... Mort
- Avery Brooks ... Dude on Bus
- Peter Friedman ... John Jewell
- Jon DeVries ... Dr. Binder
- Rick Warner ... Charlie DeWitt