The Last Married Couple in America

The Last Married Couple in America
The Last Married Couple in America
Directed by	Gilbert Cates
Written by	John Herman Shaner
Produced by	Edward S. Feldman; John Herman Shaner
Starring	George Segal; Natalie Wood; Richard Benjamin; Valerie Harper; Dom DeLuise; Bob Dishy
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Edited by	Sidney Katz
Music by	Charles Fox
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 8, 1980;
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$12,835,544

The Last Married Couple in America is a 1980 comedy film released in the US.^[2]

It was directed by Gilbert Cates, whose most successful film Oh, God! Book II, was released in the same year. The film starred George Segal and Natalie Wood as a California couple in the late 1970s struggling to maintain their "happily married" status as all their friends begin to get divorces and seem to be caught up in the decadence of the sexual revolution and the "ME" era. This is the last completed theatrical release Natalie Wood made before her death in 1981.

Plot

Life is going along smoothly for Jeff and Mari Thompson but not for any other couple they know, or so it seems. Everyone they know is getting divorced.

Their life is disrupted when Mari's old college friend, Barbara, comes into it and begins a fling with Jeff, which causes Mari to contemplate an affair of her own.

Music

The theme song to this film is "We Could Have It All," sung by Maureen McGovern. The song became a hit on the adult contemporary charts of Canada (#6)^[3] and the U.S. (#16).^[4] It was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. Also featured on the soundtrack is Denise LaSalle's "I'm Trippin' on You", which was released as a single in 1981.

Cast

George Segal as Jeff Thompson
Natalie Wood as Mari Thompson
Richard Benjamin as Marv
Valerie Harper as Barbara
Bob Dishy as Howard
Arlene Golonka as Sally
Dom DeLuise as Walter
Allan Arbus as Al
Priscilla Barnes as Helena
Catherine Hickland as Rebecca
Sondra Currie as Lainy
Oliver Clark as Max Dryden

Box office

Upon release, the film was disappointing at the box office.^[5]

References

^ "The Last Married Couple in America". Box Office Mojo.
^ The New York Times
^ Collectionscanada.gc.ca
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 159.
^ Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "The Last Married Couple in America". Box Office Mojo.

[2] The New York Times

[3] Collectionscanada.gc.ca

[4] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 159.

[5] Rotten Tomatoes

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