Paternity (film)
Paternity is a 1981 American comedy film directed by David Steinberg, and stars Burt Reynolds, Beverly DAngelo, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley and Lauren Hutton. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on October 2, 1981.
With help from his pals Larry Fell and Kurt Dooley, Buddy conducts a search by setting up interviews. However, he offends many of the women who he speaks to, even mistaking an interior decorator Hutton for a surrogate applicant. Buddy meets up with Maggie DAngelo, a waitress at the local coffee shop. She reveals that she is an aspiring musician who works as a food server to make ends meet. Maggie offers to bear Buddys child, planning to use the money that Buddy is offering to move to Paris and pursue her goal. Buddy and Maggie attempt to conceive with little success. Maggie then engages in some seductive roleplaying. The two have sex and Maggie becomes pregnant. Maggie moves into Buddys apartment. Buddy obsessively supervises Maggies exercise and diet. Otherwise he pays little attention to her, continuing to date other women.Maggie not only resents being ignored, begins to want to keep her baby. Buddy becomes angry at the thought of losing the son he wants so much. But he begins to develop romantic feelings for Maggie as well. He also becomes fearful of losing the child after Maggie gives birth. Buddy and Maggie marry, and it is revealed that they are the parents of their three daughters. ........
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