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The War of the Roses

Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.

1989★ 6.9 · 1.3K1h 56mComedyDrama

Overview

Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.

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Cast

Danny DeVito
as Gavin D'Amato

Sean Astin
as Josh at 17

Michael Douglas
as Oliver Rose

Kathleen Turner
as Barbara Rose

Dan Castellaneta
as Man in Chair

Lisa Howard
as Nurse #2

G.D. Spradlin
as Harry Thurmont

Ellen Crawford
as Nurse #1

Peter Donat
as Jason Larrabee

David Wohl
as Dr. Gordon

Peter Brocco
as Elderly Mourner

Peter Hansen
as Mr. Marshall

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Release date: 1989-12-08

Budget: $26,000,000

Revenue: $160,188,546

Runtime: 1h 56m

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ComedyDrama

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