Falling in Love Again is a 1980 American romantic comedy film directed by Steven Paul and starring Elliott Gould and Susannah York.
The film also features Michelle Pfeiffer in an early role, playing a younger version of Susannah York's character.
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Plot
Harry Lewis grew up in the Bronx, New York with grand ambitions. He married the most beautiful girl in school, Sue, and planned to become an architect.
Years later, Harry and Sue, unhappy now and nostalgic for their past, are living in Los Angeles and running a garment business. An invitation to their high school reunion persuades them to return to their roots, and their lives together are recalled in flashback on the cross-country drive to New York.
Cast
Elliott Gould as Harry Lewis
Susannah York as Sue Lewis
Kaye Ballard as Mrs. Lewis
Stuart Paul as Pompadour, Young Harry Lewis
Michelle Pfeiffer as Sue Wellington
Twink Caplan as Melinda
John Diehl as "Beaver" (1940's)
James Dunaway as Man On Street
Robert Hackman as Mr. Lewis
Todd Hepler as Alan Childs
Iren Koster as Piano Player
Marian McCargo as Mrs. Wellington
Tony O'Dell as Bobby Lewis
Bonnie Paul as Hilary Lewis
Steven Paul as Stan "The Con"
Herbert Rudley as Mr. Wellington
Alan Solomon as Max "The Brain"
Cathy Tolbert as Cheryl Herman
Terrence Evans as "Beaver"
Reception
The film was a box-office failure. The New York Times' Vincent Canby in his review of Nov. 21, 1980, gave it an entirely negative appraisal, deriding its "witless screenplay."
Elliott Gould later recalled "“It was a very large score, it was overmusical. It was beautiful. Michel Legrand composed it. I thought there was too much of it. It was the first picture of a very, very young director [then 21 year-old Steven Paul, who also co-wrote]. It was alright.”