Mary and Rhoda

Mary and Rhoda
Mary and Rhoda
Written by Katie Ford
Directed by Barnet Kellman
Starring Mary Tyler Moore
Valerie Harper
Joie Lenz
Marisa Ryan
Country of origin USA
Language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Cecilia Kate Roque
Cinematography Adam Holender
Running time 86 minutes
Distributor ABC
Chronology
Preceded by Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991)
Followed by The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion (2002)

Mary and Rhoda is a 2000 made-for-television movie that reunited Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper as Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern from the 1970–1977 sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Although the film is a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, James L. Brooks and Allan Burns were uncredited for creating the characters. It was the only film of any kind to be based on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the first production to be set in the show's "universe" in 18 years since the series finale of Lou Grant in 1982. Mary and Rhoda was written by Katie Ford, executive produced by Mary Tyler Moore and Susan B. Landau, and directed by Barnet Kellman.

During the opening sequence, the original 1970 version of the "Love Is All Around" theme song is played and then changes to the 1996 version recorded by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.

Contents

Plot

Mary Richards-Cronin returns to New York City after spending four months in Europe following the death of her Congressman husband Steven Cronin in a rock climbing accident. Rhoda Morgenstern-Rousseau also returns to her native New York to make a fresh start as a photographer after living in Paris where she has just recently left and divorced her second husband, Jean-Pierre Rousseau.

Now, both single and with college-age daughters — Mary's Rose is a student at New York University and Rhoda's Meredith is pre-med at Barnard College — the old friends face the challenges of motherhood while re-establishing their friendship and new careers in a very difficult time.

Cast

Viewer reaction and reception

The film's producers intentionally tried to make the characters "current", and as a result, little time was spent with the characters discussing their former life in Minneapolis. This disappointed a number of longtime fans, as did the fact that former Mary Tyler Moore Show characters Lou Grant, Ted Baxter, Murray Slaughter, Phyllis Lindstrom, Georgette Baxter and Sue Ann Nivens were never directly referred to, nor were Rhoda's sister Brenda Morgenstern or her father, Martin Morgenstern. The only character from the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda to be mentioned was Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, though not by her name.

Anticipating strong viewer interest, ABC scheduled the movie to air during February sweeps and considered it a pilot for a weekly series. The program attracted 17.8 million viewers, beating out its main competition, CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond, but critical reaction was so adverse ABC decided to abandon the project.

Early development

Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper announced in November 1997 that they had signed with ABC to reprise their roles as Mary and Rhoda in a new sitcom slated for the fall of 1998. ABC had ordered 13 episodes for the new show which featured Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern as widows reunited by chance in New York after many years of estrangement, who each have a 20-something daughter named after the other (Mary's daughter is Rhoda Richards and Rhoda's daughter is Mary Morgenstern).

According to reports, ABC executives were not pleased with the pilot episode and the proposed sitcom was scrapped altogether. By 1999, it was confirmed that Moore and Harper would reunite instead in the two-hour made-for-TV movie Mary and Rhoda which began filming on October 18, 1999.

DVD release

Mary and Rhoda was released on DVD in Region 1 on April 20, 2004 by Studio Works Entertainment.

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show — Written by Phil Savenick Laurie Jacobson Marcia Lewis Directed by Jack Haley, Jr. Starring Mary Tyler Moore Edward Asner Valerie Harper Gavin MacLeod …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Tyler Moore — est une actrice, productrice et réalisatrice américaine née le 29  décembre 1936 à Brooklyn, New York (États Unis). Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mary Tyler Moore — Mary Tyler Moore, die Internationale Vorsitzende der Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Mary Tyler Moore (* 29. Dezember 1936 in Brooklyn/New York) ist eine US amerikanische Schauspielerin und Produzentin. Inhaltsverzeichni …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rhoda — Infobox Television show name = Rhoda caption = The cast of Rhoda . From left to right: Nancy Walker, Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner. format = Sitcom runtime = 30 minutes per episode starring = Valerie Harper David Groh Nancy Walker Harold Gould… …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Richards — For other people named Mary Richards, see Mary Richards (disambiguation). Mary Richards First appearance Love Is All Around Last appearance Mary and Rhoda Created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns …   Wikipedia

  • Rhoda Morgenstern (fictional character) — Infobox character name = Rhoda Morgenstern caption = Rhoda Morgenstern first = Love Is All Around last = Mary and Rhoda cause = End of the series gender = Female age = 29 (in 1970) born = December, 1941 death = None (still alive as of 2000)… …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Tyler Moore — This article is about the actress. For the 1970s television series, see The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary Tyler Moore At the Emmy Awards in August 1988 Born December 29, 1936 (1936 12 29) …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Brunton — Mary Brunton, from the 2nd ed. of Emmeline (1820) Born Mary Balfour 1 November 1778(1778 11 01) Died 7 D …   Wikipedia

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Mary Tyler Moore Opening title Format Sitcom Created by James L. Brooks Allan Burns Starring …   Wikipedia

  • Rhoda Bubendey Métraux — Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (1914 ndash;2003), was a prominent anthropologist in the area of cross cultural studies, specializing in Haitian voodoo and the Iatmul of New Guinea. She collaborated with Alfred Metraux, on mutual studies of Voodoo in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”