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Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American comedy-drama film adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel, directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, and starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Winger).
The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, and won five. Brooks won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best
- Runner-up: Debra Winger - "Terms of Endearment"
- Best Cinematography:
- Gordon Willis - "Zelig"
- Best Director:
- Ingmar Bergman - "Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)"
- Runner-up: Philip Kaufman - "The Right Stuff"
- Best Film:
- "Terms of Endearment"
- Runners-up: "The Right Stuff" and "Silkwood"
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- "Fanny and