Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie
1979
PG
1 HOUR 44 MINS
Drama
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple’s young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Cast & Crew
Dustin Hoffman Ted Kramer
Meryl Streep Joanna Kramer
Justin Henry Billy Kramer
Jane Alexander Margaret Phelps
Howard Duff John Shaunessy
George Coe Jim O'Connor
JoBeth Williams Phyllis Bernard
Howland Chamberlain Judge Atkins
Robert Benton Director
Avery Corman Writer (Novel)
Robert Benton Writer
Richard Fischoff Associate Producer
Stanley R. Jaffe Producer
Herb Harris Original Music
John Kander Original Music
Néstor Almendros Cinematography
Paul Sylbert Production Design
Alan Hicks Set Decoration
Ruth Morley Costume Design
Shirley Rich Casting
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Matt Roush says...
The classic movie channel pays tribute in prime time to several cinematic notables who passed away this year and haven’t previously been saluted by TCM. (This was scheduled before the death of Rob Reiner, who most likely will get a night in his honor sometime in the new year.) The evening opens with the late director Robert Benton’s Oscar-winning 1979 drama Kramer vs. Kramer (8/7c). Followed by Val Kilmer’s star turn in the 1984 action-comedy Top Secret! (10/9c), Joe Don Baker as vigilante lawman Buford Pusser in 1973’s Walking Tall (11:45/10:45c), and overnight, former child star Claude Jarman Jr. in 1946’s The Yearling (2 am/1c), British actress (and widow of Laurence Olivier) Joan Plowright in 1960s’s The Entertainer (4:15 am/3:15c) opposite Olivier; and representing composer Lalo Schifrin, 1967’s Cool Hand Luke (6 am/5c).
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