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This was 1979's UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner for Best Picture, and the film that earned Hoffman and Streep their first Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Robert Benton's wins for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay brought the total to five.
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This was 1979's UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner for Best Picture, and the film that earned Hoffman and Streep their first Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Robert Benton's wins for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay brought the total to five. Her performance as Joanna is also widely considered Streep's StarMakingRole.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel, Joanna is much more [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and narcissistic, whereas in the movie, she comes off as genuinely overwhelmed and unhappy and in need of help. This was because Meryl Streep thought the character as originally written was too unsympathetic, and the filmmakers agreed with her. (So did everybody else, if $106m return on a budget of $8m and five Oscars are anything to go by.[[note]]Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Hoffman and Best Supporting Actress for Streep.[[/note]])
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel, Joanna is much more [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and narcissistic, whereas in the movie, she comes off as genuinely overwhelmed and unhappy and in need of help. This was because Meryl Streep thought the character as originally written was too unsympathetic, and the filmmakers agreed with her. (So did everybody else, if $106m return on a budget of $8m and five Oscars are anything to go by.[[note]]Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Hoffman and Best Supporting Actress for Streep.[[/note]])
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* CustodyBattle: The last third of the movie deals with the custody battle between Joanna and Ted when she comes back to take custody of Billy.
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* IWantMyMommy: Billy repeatedly screams this while having a temper tantrum.
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This has nothing to do with [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Margaret near the end of the film breaks down in tears when she learns Ted lost the case to be Billy’s legal guardian as she realises she only made things worse for Ted by testifying in court what she done which may have effected her friendship with Ted as Ted may have seen her as a traitor as she lied to him at the start that she didn’t advice Joanna to leave.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Margaret near the end of the film breaks down in tears when she learns Ted lost the case to be Billy’s legal guardian as she realises realizes she only made things worse for Ted by testifying in court what she done which may have effected affected her friendship with Ted as Ted may have seen her as a traitor as she lied to him at the start that she didn’t advice advise Joanna to leave.
