Finnegan Begin Again


Finnegan Begin Again is a 1985 American made-for-HBO romantic comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia and premiered on HBO on February 24, 1985 before being released on video. The supporting cast features Sam Waterston and Sylvia Sidney.

Plot

Michael Finnegan, a past-his-prime journalist, has been relegated to ghost-writing Dear Felicity, a column for the lovelorn. He and his wife live in a decaying neighborhood; his wife, still despondent over losing their young son, lives in a fantasy world. Despite these reversals, Finnegan retains his optimism: he knows human beings begin again, and again. He gets his own chance to begin again when, one day on the bus, he meets Liz DeHaan, an art teacher who is having an affair with a married man.

Cast

The film was released on VHS by Thorn EMI/HBO Video under license from Home Box Office. However, it never released on DVD or Blu-ray.