The War of the Roses poster
Director Danny DeVito
Screenplay Michael J. Leeson

The War of the Roses

Tagline: Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.

Release Date: 1989-12-08

Duration: 116 minutes

Synopsis

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.

Casting

  • Sean Astin
    Josh at 17
  • Michael Douglas
    Oliver Rose
  • Dan Castellaneta
    Man in Chair
  • Danny DeVito
    Gavin D'Amato
  • Kathleen Turner
    Barbara Rose
  • Lisa Howard
    Nurse #2
  • Heather Fairfield
    Carolyn at 17
  • G. D. Spradlin
    Harry Thurmont
  • Mary Fogarty
    Mrs. Dell
  • Roy Brocksmith
    Mr. Fisk