Romantic Comedy

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oscar -nominated director arthur hiller (love story) directs "a perfect cast" (leonard maltin), including funnyman dudley moore (arthur) and captivating oscar winner mary steenburgen (parenthood), in a modern tale of the trials and tribulations of falling in love...with someone completely unavailable. adapted by bernard slade (same time, next year) from his hit stage play, this upbeat urban comedy is an engagingly wry spectacle where sparkling wordplay becomes scintillating foreplay.
playwright jason carmichael (moore) hasn't had a hit since he lost his writing partner. but when gawky neohyte writer phoebe craddock (steenburgen) enters his life, she not only helps him pen hit after hit...she also steals his heart! after years of intimate collaboration, the two would be as close as the keys on a typewriter, were it not for one thing: jason's wife. but when his marriage fails, the stage is finally set for the lovers to either extend their romantic run indefinitely...or close it down for good!