Finnegan Begin Again
| Finnegan Begin Again | |
|---|---|
 VHS poster | |
| Genre |
Comedy Drama Romance |
| Written by | Walter Lockwood |
| Directed by | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Starring |
Mary Tyler Moore Robert Preston Sam Waterston Sylvia Sidney David Huddleston |
| Music by | David Sanborn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Deeley |
| Producer(s) |
Jan Wieringa Gower Frost |
| Location(s) | Richmond, Virginia |
| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
| Editor(s) | Jay Freund |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Consolidated Productions Jennie & Co. Zenith Productions |
| Distributor |
HBO Pictures The Cannon Group |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release |
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Finnegan Begin Again is a 1985 American HBO made-for-television romantic comedy film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia[1] and premiered on HBO on February 24, 1985 before being released on video.[2] The supporting cast features Sam Waterston and Sylvia Sidney.
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