Between Friends (1983 film)

American TV series or program

Between Friends

VIH cover of Between Friends

Genre| Drama
Based on| Nobody Makes Me Cry by Shelley List
Written by| Shelley List
Jonathan Estrin
Directed by| Lou Antonio
Starring| Elizabeth Taylor
Carol Burnett
Music by| James Horner
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producers| Robert Cooper
Marian Rees
Producers| Jonathan Estrin
Shelley List
Production location| Toronto
Cinematography| François Protat
Editor| Gary Griffen
Running time| 105 minutes
Production company| HBO Premiere Films
Original release
Network| HBO
Release| September 11, 1983 (1983-09-11)

Between Friends (Canadian title: Nobody Makes Me Cry) is a 1983 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett,[1] based on the 1975 novel Nobody Makes Me Cry by Shelley List.[2] The film premiered in the United States as Between Friends on HBO on September 11, 1983, and was broadcast in Canada as Nobody Makes Me Cry on First Choice (Pay-TV) on October 5, 1983. The film was directed by Lou Antonio.[1]

## Plot

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Mary Catherine Castelli is a fifty-year-old real estate agent whose husband left her for a younger woman; since then she's been making up for lost time with short term relationships with a number of men, some of whom are married. Deborah Shapiro is also middle-aged and newly divorced, though she is still coming to terms with being single again and has had little luck finding a new beau. Mary and Deborah meet literally by accident when they get into a fender-bender outside Mary's office, but the two soon strike up a friendship after Deborah asks Mary to help her sell her house. Together, Mary and Deborah help each other deal with their new lives as single women, the difficulty of getting back into the dating pool, and the mildly terrifying onset of middle age and menopause.[3]

## Cast

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* Elizabeth Taylor as Deborah Shapiro
* Carol Burnett as Mary Catherine Castelli
* Henry Ramer as Sam Tucker
* Bruce Grey as Malcolm Hallen
* Charles Shamata as Dr. Seth Simpson
* Lally Cadeau as Lolly
* Barbara Bush as Francie
* Michael J. Reynolds as Kevin Sullivan
* Stephen Young as Martin

## Production

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Between Friends was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from February to March 1983.[4]

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Name  | Result

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1984

| CableACE Award | Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program  | Carol Burnett | Won

1984

| CableACE Award  | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program  | Jonathan Estrin, Shelley List  | Won

1984

| CableACE Award  | Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program  | Elizabeth Taylor | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ a b "Between Friends". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
2. ^ List, Shelley Steinmann (1975). Nobody makes me cry (1st ed.). New York City: Saturday Review Press. ASIN B0006CJ350.
3. ^ Mark Deming (2015). "Between-Friends - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
4. ^ Elizabeth Taylor: A Shining Legacy on Film De La Hoz, Cindy.

## External links

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* Between Friends at IMDb

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Films directed by Lou Antonio

* Love Is Not Forever (1974)
* Fools, Females and Fun (1974)
* Someone I Touched (1975)
* Something for Joey (1977)
* The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
* The Gypsy Warriors (1978)
* The Critical List (1978)
* A Real American Hero (1978)
* Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979)
* Heaven on Earth (1979)
* The Chinese Typewriter (1979)
* Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)
* Gabe and Walker (1981)
* We're Fighting Back (1981)
* The Star Maker (1981)
* The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (1981)
* Something So Right (1982)
* Between Friends (1983)
* A Good Sport (1984)
* Threesome (1984)
* Rearview Mirror (1984)
* Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
* One Terrific Guy (1986)
* Pals (1987)
* Mayflower Madam (1987)
* The Outside Woman (1989)
* Dark Holiday (1989)
* Face to Face (1990)
* Sporting Chance (1990)
* This Gun for Hire (1991)
* Lies Before Kisses (1991)
* The Last Prostitute (1991)
* The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
* A Taste for Killing (1992)
* Nightmare in the Daylight (1992)
* The Contender (1993)
* The Force (1999)

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