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You can watch Starting Over (1979) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
A man tries to navigate the messy, unscripted awkwardness of dating again after his high-flying marriage collapses. It captures the specific, clumsy vulnerability of finding romance when you thought your best years were already behind you.
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Director
Alan J. Pakula
Cast
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton, Mary Kay Place, MacIntyre Dixon, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Kimbrough
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Starting Over
You can watch Starting Over (1979) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Alan J. Pakula
Cast
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton, Mary Kay Place, MacIntyre Dixon, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Kimbrough
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