Starting Over
"Phil Potter would like to straighten out his life...one way, or the other."
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
Cast
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
Wallace Shawn
Workshop Member
Sturgis Warner
John Morganson
Mary Catherine Wright
Student 1
Daniel Stern
Student 2
George Hirsch
Student 3
Ian Martin
Doorman
Aerin Asher
Lord & Taylor Lady
Ben Pesner
Victor
Mort Marshall
Room Service Waiter
Gilmer McCormick
Stephanie
Helen Stenborg
Older Woman
Michael Kaufman
Clerk
Marvin Lichterman
Husband
Anne DeSalvo
Wife
Connie Fleming
Babysitter
Alison Stevens
Marie's Daughter
Michael McDermott
Marie's Son
Russell Horton
Man #2
Harold Lamson
Mark
Michael Bellaran
Small Boy
Deborah Reagan
Young Woman - Young Couple
Kevin Bacon
Husband - Young Couple
Tara King
Checkout Girl
A.C. Weary
Athletic Father
Lisa Sloan
Mother of Kid
Gaby Glatzer
Kid
Thomas James Riselli
Key Maker
Harriet Rawlings
Bloomingdale's Couple
Simon McQueen
Bloomingdale's Couple
Stacy Holiday
Bloomingdale's Couple
Nadine Darling
Bloomingdale's Couple
Kitty Muldoon
Bloomingdale's Couple
John Murray
Bloomingdale's Couple
Eric Geier
Bloomingdale's Couple
Sol Schwade
Man in Market
Tony Romano
Boston Man
Matteo Cafiso
School Pupil (uncredited)
Laurie Gould
Piano Instructor (uncredited)
Jon Lonoff
Busboy (uncredited)
Crew
Alan J. Pakula
Director
James L. Brooks
Writer
Marvin Hamlisch
Original Music Composer
Douglas Wick
Associate Producer
Juliet Taylor
Casting
James L. Brooks
Producer
Isabel Halliburton
Associate Producer
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Marion Rothman
Editor
George Jenkins
Production Design
Dan Wakefield
Novel
John Boxer
Costume Design
Louis Cerborino
Sound Editor
Alex Hapsas
Assistant Director
Maggie James
Script Supervisor
Russell Engels
Gaffer
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Walter Stocklin
Property Master
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Trudy Clemens
Stunts
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Philip Smith
Set Decoration
Denine Rowan
Assistant Sound Editor
Louis Sabat
Sound Recordist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Vito L. Ilardi
Boom Operator
Herb Gains
Second Assistant Director
Michael Molly
Assistant Art Director
William C. Carruth
Music Editor
Frank Bianco
Hairstylist
Marc Laub
Supervising Sound Editor
James Finnerty
Key Grip
Sylvia Fay
Extras Casting
Marlayna Franklin
Assistant Editor
Tom Ellingwood
Makeup Artist
Michael Ginsburg
Still Photographer
Greg Sheldon
Assistant Sound Editor
Ricki-Ellen Brooke
Second Assistant Camera
Bobby Bass
Stunts
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Anthony Brook
First Assistant Camera
Scott Vickrey
Assistant Editor
William C. Gerrity
Production Executive