It's My Turn (film)

It's My Turn is a 1980 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, and Charles Grodin.

It's My Turn
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Directed by	Claudia Weill
Produced by	Martin Elfand Jay Presson Allen
Written by	Eleanor Bergstein
Starring	Jill Clayburgh Michael Douglas Charles Grodin
Music by	Patrick Williams
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Edited by	Byron 'Buzz' Brandt James Coblentz Marjorie Fowler David Bretherton
Production company	Rastar
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 24, 1980 (1980-10-24)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$11 million[1]

The film was directed by Claudia Weill and written by Eleanor Bergstein. The film's title track, "It's My Turn", played during the final credits, was sung by Diana Ross, with music by Michael Masser and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager.

Plot

Kate Gunzinger is a mathematics professor at a Chicago university. She lives with a man, named Homer, in a comfortable but not terribly passionate relationship.

Kate travels to New York for a job interview and to attend the wedding of her widowed father. She meets the bride's son, Ben Lewin, a former professional baseball player.

Ben is married, but a relationship develops with Kate. He takes her to Yankee Stadium for an old-timers' day ceremony, and eventually, they have an affair. When they part, Kate goes back to Chicago and breaks up with Homer, not knowing what the future holds.

The first scene shows Kate Gunzinger in a lecture giving a correct proof of the snake lemma from homological algebra.[2]

Cast

• Jill Clayburgh as Kate Gunzinger
• Michael Douglas as Ben Lewin
• Charles Grodin as Homer
• Beverly Garland as Emma
• Steven Hill as Jacob
• Dianne Wiest as Gail
• Daniel Stern as Cooperman

Critical reception

Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 stars out of 4:

It's My Turn is one of those movies where you can almost keep a mental list of the important topics as they're ticked off in the dialogue. The people in this movie don't seem to be having conversations; they seem to be marching through current feminist issues.[3]

The film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay for Eleanor Bergstein.[4]

Trivia

It is the favourite film of Andrew Lobb, founder of the Lobb number.

References

1. "It's My Turn (1980) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
2. "Quotes from "It's My Turn"" – via www.imdb.com.
3. "It's My Turn :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 1980-10-28. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
4. Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.

External links

• It's My Turn on IMDb
• It's My Turn at AllMovie
• It's My Turn at Rotten Tomatoes
• It's My Turn at Box Office Mojo