Starting Over
Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...one way, or the other.
A warm, earnest romantic comedy about a middle-aged man rebuilding his life and finding unexpected love after divorce.
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
Essence
Ensemble
Burt Reynolds
Phil Potter
Jill Clayburgh
Marilyn Holmburg
Candice Bergen
Jessica Potter
Charles Durning
Michael "Mickey" Potter
Frances Sternhagen
Marva Potter
Austin Pendleton
Paul
Mary Kay Place
Marie
MacIntyre Dixon
Dan Ryan
Jay O. Sanders
Larry
Charles Kimbrough
Salesman
Richard Whiting
Everett
Alfie Wise
Workshop Member
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