---
title: 'Starting Over (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan J. Pakula'
released: '1979-10-05'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/starting-over-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079948/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Starting Over (1979)

1979 · 105 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Starting Over is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula from a screenplay by James L. Brooks, based on the 1973 novel by Dan Wakefield. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen, it follows a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Screenplay:** [James L. Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-l-brooks)
- **Producer:** [James L. Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-l-brooks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marvin Hamlisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-hamlisch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)
- **Editor:** [Marion Rothman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-rothman)

## Cast

- [Anne De Salvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-de-salvo)
- [Jill Clayburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-clayburgh)
- [Candice Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/candice-bergen)
- [Helen Stenborg](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-stenborg)
- [Austin Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-pendleton)
- [Kevin Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-bacon)
- [Burt Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-reynolds)
- [Daniel Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-stern)
- [Russell Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-horton)
- [Charles Kimbrough](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kimbrough)
- [Mary Kay Place](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-kay-place)
- [Frances Sternhagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-sternhagen)
- [Jay O. Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-o-sanders)
- [Wallace Shawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-shawn)
- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)

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