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Making Love

Making Love

1982Movie⏱️ 1h 53mR
DramaRomance
6.9
IMDB Rating
3,182 votes

A successful young Los Angeles doctor and his equally successful television producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn asunder when the husband suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Cl...

Director
Arthur Hiller
Writers
Barry Sandler, A. Scott Berg
Stars
Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin
Release Date
March 5, 1982
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 70
Reviews
📋 4.2K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Michael Ontkean
Michael Ontkean
as Zach
Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson
as Claire
Harry Hamlin
Harry Hamlin
as Bart
Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller
as Winnie
Arthur Hill
Arthur Hill
as Henry
Nancy Olson
Nancy Olson
as Christine
John Dukakis
John Dukakis
as Tim
Terry Kiser
Terry Kiser
as Harrington
👤
Dennis Howard
as Larry
Asher Brauner
Asher Brauner
as Ted

💰 Box Office

$11,897,978
Worldwide Gross
$11,897,978
Domestic Gross
$3,015,497
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Western Canyon Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
IndieProd Company Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

gay husbandgay barhomosexualitygay kissgay interest

🎯 Categories

DramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

AN EXCELLENT FILM: AHEAD OF IT'S TIME IN IT'S CONTENT!
by AcidQueen2002-08-24

"Although the film "Making Love"(1982) was done over 20 years ago, I felt than and still feel today that it delivers one of the best and strongest messages about gays and lesbians in our society; a message that unfortunately more people need to 'get', even today. The film explores not only the idea of an individual coming to grips with his true sexuality, but provides the viewer with reasons why. It does an excellent job of depicting not only Zack's 'coming out', but the emotional stages both he and Claire go through before,during and afterwards. There were..."

💡 Did You Know?

When singer Roberta Flack was asked by Hotspots Magazine if she was nervous about recording the film's title theme song, even after knowing what it would be about, she responded, "Afraid of singing a song about love? Never. I was so glad when that song charted. People who did not know that the song was about love between two men loved that song. I would talk about it in my shows, and about how love is love. Between a man and a woman, between two men, between two women. Love is universal, like music."

📖 Synopsis

A successful young Los Angeles doctor and his equally successful television producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn asunder when the husband suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Cl...