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The Family Man (1979 film)
1979 American TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Family Man is a 1979 television film, directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Ed Asner and Meredith Baxter Birney.
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Plot
Asner plays a prosperous Irish-born New Yorker who falls in love with a young pianist and is tempted to be unfaithful to his wife for the first time.[1]
Cast
- Edward Asner as Eddie Madden
- Meredith Baxter Birney as Mercedes Cole
- Anne Jackson as Maggie Madden
- Dick Latessa as Fred
- Michael Kirby as Walter
- Michael Wincott as Charlie
- Martin Short as Louie
- Gordon Thomson as Dance Instructor
- Michael Ironside as Bartender
Reception
Writing in the New York Times, Tom Buckley gave the film a bad review, calling the script "resolutely undramatic, stilted and humorless", the directing "like stretching taffy" and Asner's accent "intermittent and unconvincing".[1]
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