''Finnegan Begin Again'' is a 1985 American made-for-

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romantic comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver, shot by Robby Müller, and starring

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and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in the Fan District of

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, and premiered on

on February 24, 1985, before being released on video. The supporting cast features

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and

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Plot

Michael Finnegan, a past-his-prime

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, has been relegated to ghost-writing "Dear Felicity", a column for the lovelorn. He and his wife live in a decaying neighborhood. She is long despondent over the loss of their young son, and lives in a fantasy world. Despite these reversals, Finnegan retains his optimism; he knows that lives can start over, and over. He gets his own chance to begin again when one day on the bus, he meets Liz DeHaan, an art teacher who is having an affair with a married man.

Cast

as Liz DeHaan * Robert Preston as Mike Finnegan *

as Paul Broadbent *

as Margaret Finnegan *

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as Jack Archer * Bob Gunton as Christian Jamison *

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as Intruder * Russell Horton as Mort * Avery Brooks as Dude On Bus * Peter Friedman as John Jewell * Jon DeVries as Dr. Binder * Rick Warner as Charlie DeWitt

Home media

The film was released on VHS by Thorn EMI/HBO Video under license from Home Box Office, Inc. However, it never released on DVD or Blu-ray.

References

External links

* HBO Films films 1985 films 1985 television films Films shot in Virginia American romantic comedy films American drama television films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub