Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin. The screenplay by Norman Lear is based on a story by Robert Kaufman and focuses on a married couple that opts for divorce when counseling fails to help them resolve their various problems, and the problems presented by divorced people by alimony.
The title of the film is a homage to Divorce Italian Style (1961).
After seventeen years of marriage, affluent subu...
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Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin. The screenplay by Norman Lear is based on a story by Robert Kaufman and focuses on a married couple that opts for divorce when counseling fails to help them resolve their various problems, and the problems presented by divorced people by alimony.
The title of the film is a homage to Divorce Italian Style (1961).
After seventeen years of marriage, affluent suburban couple Richard Harmon (Van Dyke) and his wife Barbara (Reynolds) seem to have it all, but they're constantly bickering. When they discover they no longer can communicate even to argue, they make an effort to salvage their relationship through counseling. But when their situation doesn't improve, they file for divorce.
Richard finds himself living in a small apartment and trying to survive on $87.30 a week. His take-home income had been cut to ribbons by high alimony. Richard meets a recently divorced man, Nelson Downes (Robards), who...
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