Best Friends
“What a present for Christmas”
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
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Cast
40 people
Burt Reynolds
Richard Babson
Known for
Boogie Nights
The Longest Yard
Goldie Hawn
Paula McCullen
Known for
Death Becomes Her
Overboard
Jessica Tandy
Eleanor McCullen
Known for
The Birds
Driving Miss Daisy
Barnard Hughes
Tim McCullen
Known for
The Lost Boys
Tron
Audra Lindley
Ann Babson
Known for
Three's Company
Desert Hearts
Keenan Wynn
Tom Babson
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ron Silver
Larry Weisman
Known for
Timecop
Ali
Richard Libertini
Jorge Medina
Known for
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Fletch
Peggy Walton-Walker
Carol Brandon
Known for
Welcome to the Rileys
Pumpkinhead
Noah Hathaway
Lyle Ballou
Known for
The NeverEnding Story
Battlestar Galactica
Mikey Martin
Robbie Ballou
Helen Page Camp
Maid
Known for
Galactica 1980
Telefon
Norman Jewison Director · Barry Levinson Writer Valerie Curtin Writer
Worldwide gross $37M · Budget $15M · United States release December 17, 1982
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$36,800,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Timberlane Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 17, 1982
Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 1995 · Physical
Germany
June 10, 1983 · Theatrical
Greece
December 26, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 27, 1983 · Theatrical
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