Breaking Up is a 1978 American TV film. It was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Loring Mandel.A Rush of Lee Remick on Television Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 30 Apr 1979: e1.'BREAKING UP' KICKS OFF MONDAY SPECIALS Los Angeles Times 1 Jan 1978: n17.
Plot A woman re-evaluates her life after her husband walks out on her following 15 years marriage.
Cast Lee Remick as Joann Hammil Granville Van Dusen as Tom Hammil Vicky Dawson as Amy Hammil David Stambaugh as T C Hammil Fred J. Scollay as Tony Stephen Joyce as Gabe Cynthia Harris as Edie Michael Lombard as Ira Meg Mundy as Louise Crawford Ed Crowley as George Linda Sorenson as Mickey Kenneth McMillan as Vancrier
Reception The Los Angeles Times called it "outstanding".TV MOVIE REVIEW: A Woman's Discovery of Self Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 2 Jan 1978: d20.
Tom and Joann The film was adapted into a pilot Tom and Joann where the leads were played by Joel Fabiani and Elizabeth Ashley.Show under other name still cloying Hanauer, Joan. Chicago Tribune 5 July 1978: a7. The series did not result.
EAR/ONS Phone Call The film received some infamy for being audible in the background during one of American serial rapist and serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo's taunting phone calls to a previous rape victim who he threatened to attack again and murder.
References
External links Breaking Up at IMDb Breaking Up at TCMDB Tom and Joann at IMDb Tom and Joann at TCMDB