Murphy's Romance
Murphy's Romance is a 1985 American romantic-comedy film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch was based on the 1980 novella by Max Schott. The film stars Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, and Corey Haim, and was produced by Laura Ziskin for Field's production company Fogwood Films.
Plot
Emma Moriarty is a 33-year-old, divorced mother who moves to a rural Arizona town to make a living by training and boarding horses. She becomes friends with the town's pharmacist, Murphy Jones, an idiosyncratic widower. A romance between them seems unlikely because of Murphy's age and because Emma allows her ex-husband, Bobby Jack Moriarty, to move back in with her and their 12-year-old son Jake.
More details
| author | Irving Ravetch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Martin Ritt |
| editor | Sidney Levin |
| genre | comedy romance |
| keywords | divorced mother train |
| musicBy | Carole King |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography |
| producer | Laura Ziskin |
| productionCompany | Fogwood Films |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Arizona |
| theme | romantic comedy |