Movie
The War of the Roses
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-12-08
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Gracie Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Oliver Rose
- Kathleen Turner as Barbara Rose
- Danny DeVito as Gavin D'Amato
- Marianne Sägebrecht as Susan
- Sean Astin as Josh at 17
- Heather Fairfield as Carolyn at 17
- G.D. Spradlin as Harry Thurmont
- Peter Donat as Jason Larrabee
- Dan Castellaneta as Man in Chair
- Gloria Cromwell as Mrs. Marshall
- Harlan Arnold as Mr. Dell
- Mary Fogarty as Mrs. Dell
Crew
- Danny DeVito - Director
- Michael J. Leeson - Screenplay
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