Heartburn (film)

Heartburn is a 1986 American comedydrama film directed and produced by Mike Nichols, and stars Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. The screenplay by Nora Ephron is based on her semiautobiographical novel of the same name, which was inspired by her tempestuous second marriage, to Carl Bernstein and his affair with Margaret Jay, the daughter of former British Prime Minister James Callaghan.

New York City food writer Rachel Samstat Streep and Washington, D.C. political columnist Mark Forman meet at a mutual friends wedding, and they marry, after a whirlwind courtship, despite Rachels reservations. They purchase a dilapidated Georgetown townhouse in Washington D.C. and the ongoing and seemingly neverending renovations create some stress in their relationship. Rachel, overjoyed to discover she is pregnant, is determined to make her marriage work and becomes a stayathome mom. When she discovers evidence of Marks extramarital affair with socialite Thelma Rice during her pregnancy with her second child, she leaves him and takes their daughter Annie to New York, where she moves in with her father and tries to jump start her career. Mark eventually convinces her to return home, but Rachel obviously leaves him, after his philandering continues.The film was shot on location in Manhattan, Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. Jack Nicholson played Mark Forman, replacing Mandy Patinkin after one day of shooting. It marked American actor Kevin Spaceys film debut. ........

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