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The War of the Roses(Movie, 1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 56min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
The War of the RosesRating: 3.4/5 (with 512512 votes)
The War of the Roses is a 1989 American satirical black comedy film based upon the 1981 novel of the same name by Warren Adler. The film follows a wealthy couple with a seemingly perfect marriage. When their marriage begins to fall apart, material possessions become the center of an outrageous and bitter divorce battle. The film co-stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. The three actors had previously worked together in Romancing the Stone and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile. DeVito directed the film, which also had producer James L. Brooks and actor Dan Castellaneta working on a project outside of The Simpsons. The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass and Elaine Makatura Bass. In both the novel and the film, the married couple's family name is Rose, and the title is an allusion to the battles between the warring houses of York and Lancaster who were contending for the English throne during the late Middle ... ()
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About The War of the Roses

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Warren Adler ("The War of the Roses")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 27 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/01/1990 (World premiere: 12/08/1989)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"玫瑰战争"
"Der Rosenkrieg - Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet"
"La Guerra de los Roses"
"A Guerra das Rosas"
"La Guerra de los Rose"
"Війна подружжя Роуз"
Budget: 26,000,000 USD
Revenue: 160,188,546 USD (= 616%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:5518, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024