The War of the Roses

• 6.885 Comedy
• 1989-12-08
• 116 minutes mins

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.

Starring:

Michael Douglas (Oliver Rose) Kathleen Turner (Barbara Rose) Danny DeVito (Gavin D'Amato) Marianne Sägebrecht (Susan) Sean Astin (Josh at 17) Heather Fairfield (Carolyn at 17) G. D. Spradlin (Harry Thurmont) Peter Donat (Jason Larrabee) Dan Castellaneta (Man in Chair) Gloria Cromwell (Mrs. Marshall)

Director:

Danny DeVito

Writer:

Michael J. Leeson