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Synopsis: An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Mike Nichols
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
R
Year:
1986
108 min
695 Views


hire him. I mean, it's not my fault.

Look, obviously he is never

going to come back and finish the job.

I've tried all week to find someone new.

It's not that easy. You try it.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

Oh, yeah, I just can't read every day.

I'm awfully pleased to hear you say that.

- He's just so modest.

- Oh, I am modest.

No, I... I think sometimes people...

...worry about the rich man.

You have to worry about the little man.

...people from Mississippi

and Alabama, they tend to...

...and he does not believe

they will get the bill through committee.

Really?

- Really?

- Yeah, they're gonna have a...

...M3.

- What's M3?

It sounds like a missile,

is what it sounds like.

We try to determine what policy

we should take in the situation

- in which we find ourselves.

- I'm not denying that.

- It was such fun, May.

- Oh, thank you.

- Thank you, it was wonderful.

- Good night.

They talked over me

as if I wasn't even there.

Blah-blah-blah,

investment tax credits.

Blah-blah-blah,

the oil depletion allowance.

If you read something

other than the style section,

you might find it interesting.

I'll call Laszlo when we get home.

I'm gonna try him one more time.

All you'll get is the machine.

Yes, Laszlo, it's Rachel.

Rachel Samstat.

Oh, my God. I don't believe it.

Well, I'm fine, thank you.

Don't be so f***ing nice.

Where the f*** have you been?

My God.

I'm real... I'm sorry.

Yes, of course I understand.

Oh, God, well, I...

I hope you feel better.

Well, don't...

You know, only if you're up to it.

Don't push things.

You know, whenever you can.

OK. Bye.

What the f*** was that?

- He has cancer.

- Bullshit.

- Mark.

- It's bullshit!

- People don't lie about things like that.

- Contractors lie about everything.

- What'd he say, "I have cancer"?

- Exactly.

Well, he probably meant

that "he" has cancer.

- Who?

- How do I know? Someone.

I don't know. His father.

His father's dead.

We'll go over to his house,

have a look at him.

If he looks OK, I'll kill him.

He has an unlisted address.

- What are you talking about?

- Oh, well, it's the latest thing.

What kind of person

has an unlisted address?

I'll tell you what kind of person.

The kind that doesn't want to be dead.

The kind people are trying

to kill all the time.

- Why are you angry at me for?

- I'm not angry at you.

Then what are you shouting at me for?

Because you're the only one that's here.

I hate it when you get angry.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm not angry at you.

I love you.

I'm not angry at you.

We can't have a baby in this.

It'll have asthma before it's a month old.

Well, we'll just have to wait

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Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron ( EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood (1983), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally.... She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was Julie & Julia. Her first produced play, Imaginary Friends (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002-03 New York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy. more…

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