Starting Over is a 1979 American comedy film based on Dan Wakefields novel, produced by James L. Brooks and directed by Alan J. Pakula. It tells the story about a recently divorced man Burt Reynolds who is torn between his new girlfriend Jill Clayburgh and his exwife Candice Bergen.
Phil Potter Reynolds splits with his wife, Jessica Bergen. She wants to begin a singing and songwriting career and she also has been having an affair.Phil moves from New York to Boston, where his brother Mickey Durning and sisterinlaw Marva live. Against his wishes, they set up Phil with a blind date, Marilyn Holmberg Clayburgh, a nurseryschool teacher working on her masters degree. ........
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