Movie · 1989
The War of the Roses
“Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.”
Released 8 December 1989 116 min Comedy / Drama More from 1989 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
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How old were they?
Peter Brocco
as Elderly Mourner
G.D. Spradlin
as Harry Thurmont
Mary Fogarty
as Mrs. Dell
Peter Hansen
as Mr. Marshall
Peter Donat
as Jason Larrabee
Michael Douglas
as Oliver Rose
Danny DeVito
as Gavin D'Amato
Marianne Sägebrecht
as Susan
Ellen Crawford
as Nurse #1
Robert Harper
as Heath
David Wohl
as Dr. Gordon
Kathleen Turner
as Barbara Rose
Dan Castellaneta
as Man in Chair
Rika Hofmann
as Elke
Sean Astin
as Josh at 17
Heather Fairfield
as Carolyn at 17
Gloria Cromwell
as Mrs. Marshall
Harlan Arnold
as Mr. Dell
Patricia Allison
as Maureen
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The numbers
68years between the oldest and youngest billed
86Peter Brocco — oldest on the call sheet
18Sean Astin — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast