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.
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.

Cast

of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 stars out of 4:
The film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay for Eleanor Bergstein.

Trivia

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