

Starting Over
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
“Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...one way, or the other.”
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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Cast

Burt Reynolds
Phil Potter

Jill Clayburgh
Marilyn Holmburg

Candice Bergen
Jessica Potter

Charles Durning
Michael "Mickey" Potter

Frances Sternhagen
Marva Potter

Austin Pendleton
Paul

Mary Kay Place
Marie

MacIntyre Dixon
Dan Ryan

Jay O. Sanders
Larry

Charles Kimbrough
Salesman
Richard Whiting
Everett

Alfie Wise
Workshop Member
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