''Twice in a Lifetime'' is a 1985 drama film directed by

Bud Yorkin Alan David "Bud" Yorkin (February 22, 1926 – August 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Yorkin was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents. He earned a deg ...

and starring Gene Hackman as a married steelworker in a mid-life crisis who becomes attracted to another woman, played by

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, and

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co-star.

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composed and performed the theme song to the film, heard over the end credits. It remained commercially unavailable as a recording until 1993 when it was included as a bonus track on a reissue of McCartney's album ''

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''.

Plot

Harry Mackenzie works in a factory by day and comes home to comfortable marriage at night, but it lacks excitement and passion. For his 50th birthday, his wife Kate blithely tells him to just go to his favorite corner tavern and have a good time. An attractive barmaid, Audrey Minelli, captures his interest. Harry falls for her, and before long, shocks Kate by requesting a divorce. This decision horrifies their daughters, particularly Sunny, who is having a difficult marriage of her own, and Helen, who is about to be wed. Kate goes through a difficult period of adjustment. She eventually lands a job in a beauty salon, changes her appearance, and tries to adopt a new outlook on life. By the time Harry attends his daughter Helen's wedding, most members of the family have found ways to move on.

Cast

* Gene Hackman as Harry Mackenzie *

as Audrey Minelli *

as Kate Mackenzie *

as Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel *

as Helen Mackenzie *

as Nick *

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as Keith *

Darrell Larson Darrell Ray Larson (born December 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor who appeared in the 1990 action/comedy film ''Men at Work''. Larson's work includes roles in ''The Student Nurses'' (1970), ''Kotch'' (1971), '' The Magnifice ...

as Jerry

Release

The film premiered at the

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on May 9, 1985. It opened on Wednesday, October 23, 1985, at the Beekman Theatre in New York, grossing $68,039 in its opening week, and then it opened in Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto the following week.

Awards

Hackman received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama. Amy Madigan received nominations from both the Golden Globes and the

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for best supporting actress.

References

External links

*
''Twice in a Lifetime''
at the

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