One of my all time favorite movie Jill was excellent she should have won best actress hands down. She looks fantastic at the last scene when she is walking with the painting. Miss you Jill R.I.P.
A great movie and Jill Clayburgh deserved an Oscar for this. Her performance was natural and marvelous. So glad this movie was made and introduced her to the entire world. I am so sorry she is gone. A very impressive performance.
Am sure jane fonda's performance in coming home was brilliant but to be honest, Jill clayburgh performance in this movie was just sensational and in my opinion should've won the Oscar, she was robbed 🎉
This film was right in the middle of an incredible three-year run for 20th Century-Fox. The studio didn't win any Best Picture Oscars in 1977-79, but it had seven Best Picture nominees: "Julia," "The Turning Point" and "Star Wars" in 1977, "An Unmarried Woman" in 1978 and "Norma Rae," "Breaking Away" and "All That Jazz" ( a co-production with Columbia) in 1979. When you look at the list of films, you see one space epic, one teenage coming of age story, a psycological study of one director and four films with strong feminist feelings. It was a short Golden Age for 20th which rivaled the best days of Darryl F. Zanuck in the 1940s.
I was 13 years old. It was my birthday. Royston Sinclair III had broken my heart in front of everyone. I had snuck into your closet that morning and took that green beaded top that was your mother’s…that you kept so carefully wrapped up in tissue paper in your cedar closet. I was never supposed to touch it, but I stole it. And I wore it to school with my Chemin de Fer sailor jeans. And I thought no one was as stylish as I was. Royston laughed, he said I was cheap. He said that the only reason he’d been my boyfriend was because he was mad at Angie Morgan and he wasn’t anymore. He called me loud and weird. And he said there was a rumor going around that I wasn’t actually a Gilmore..that…I was the gardener’s daughter and…you’d bought me because you couldn’t have children of your own. And I was crushed. And I ran out of class. And I ran out of school. And I went to the mall. And I was sitting in the food court, wishing I had some money to buy a pretzel because I was starving. And I looked up…and there was Dad..standing in front of me..at the mall. He never came to the mall. That day…he went to the mall…and he was furious. Why aren’t you in school?, he asked. Tell me right now, Lorelai. Why aren’t you in school? And I tried to think of something…some lie that would make sense, but I couldn’t. All I could think was that yesterday I had a boyfriend who loved me and today I didn’t and I started to cry. I just sat there like and idiot, bawling. And finally, after what seemed like forever, I managed to control myself a little bit. And I calmed down and I waited. I waited for him to yell at me…to punish me…to ground me forever…to tell me how disappointed he was in me. And nothing came. And finally I got up enough courage…to look up at him and he was standing there with a pretzel…a giant pretzel, covered with mustard. And he handed it to me and he said, let’s go. And he took me to the movies. We saw Grease and An Unmarried Woman. Something for me and something for him, he’d said. He bought me popcorn and Red Hots and we sat in the dark and we watched. And then he took me home and he gave me a sweater to cover up the stolen top and he told you that he’d picked me up from school and taken me to the club for a soda. And that was it. We never discussed it again. That was the best birthday I ever had. I just thought you should know.
I remember watching this Movie and being shocked. It really was an eye opener because Women of Erica's Generation were never taught to be independent. They went from Living with Mother & Daddy, to The Dorm or Sorority House, to Their Husband. They were never taught to be independent or that was okay to not be in a relationship.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 I can tell you're old when you get upset by swearing. There could have been a lot thing you could be upset with movie about but, that's what you focus on.
Andrea - this implies ALL YOUNG people agree with swearing and the old don't - silly assumption. I saw this film on UK television in 1983 and every time Jill Clayburgh swore, the 'f's' were BLEEPED out. Sometime after this they gradually allowed swearing to filter in, and now it is common practice. Remember all the decades before of marvellous TV and films where swearing was never permitted? It did not spoil the stories, they are still classics. You don't need swearing to have a good film or story.
Treasure Hunter UK yeah but in real life people cussed especially brash New Yorkers like Erica. Thankfully by 1978 when the movie was released an “ R” rating gave film the freedom for cussing or nudity rather than puritanical censorship. If someone didn’t want to see a rated “ R” film you could see a “PG” or “ G”.
MY FAVORITE FILM!!!! It’s hard to ever see it, but after 20+ yrs, I finally got to see it again tonight on a local DC channel 🤩 Best scenes: 1) Jill dancing Swan Lake in her underwear//apartment 2) After being told by her husband he’s ditching her after 16 yrs, watch her face, see the very real effect this news has on her 3) Every scene with Alan Bates {ah yeah, I would have gone to Vermont w/him 4) Jill carrying a large painting down real NYC streets
How about re-releasing this great Paul Mazursky film with Jill Clayburgh & Alan Bates on DVD & via streaming, which also has a wonderful score by Bill Conti, also unavailable on CD or streaming. I hate seeing so many great artistic works disappear due to producers losing track or interest in the cultural heritage they should care about.
I have never forgotten this movie. And it came along at just the right time for me. The scene where she vomits into a trash can on the street is seared in my mind--it told me it was OK to be in pain that deep.
Vi la película una tarde tonta, creyéndose un serial de TV y de repente me vi pensando, ¡como me gusta! Volví a verla pasados los años y volvió a encantaría.
I guess you think a synopsis of Hamlet is sufficient, too. The acting, the story, the directing, the music, all of these created a wonderful film. Did you read Cliff's notes in school?
When Erica meets her friends at the beginning, the woman says she's going to the 'loo'. I didn't realise Americans used this term. They always say 'bathroom/restroom/washroom'. We have used it in the UK since the 60s, but I have never heard in an American film. This was 1978, well over forty years ago. I realise there is some English input, actors, music, etc., but it was for an American audience, not a British one.
@@Starkardur Interesting. I watched a documentary and there was a 'solicitor' in it. I'd never heard this in America, as they always say 'attorney', I also saw a programme and they had a 'theatre', with 're' at the end, not the other way round.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 It's just something I assumed, not that I am an expert on it. Could be that Erica is the type of person who watched a lot of British tv or was into British culture and that's why she said it.
It is a great film, but you clearly don't understand that feminism is about equality, fairness, & being safe in a world filled with too many misogynists.
This movie is supposedly about a woman being thrown out on her own when her husband dumps her, and learning to be independent. But what it's really about is a woman being rescued by a far more fabulous man, the gorgeous wealthy artist played by Alan Bates. How come people laud this as some kind of feminist statement?
Ricordo che lo vidi in TV tanti anni fa. Rimasi folgorato dal lavoro degli attori. Maledetta x sempre l ' Academy, che non diede l'oscar a lei. Ma ricordo anche che nel 1978 andò mia madre da sola al cinema x vederlo. Per noi era una cosa fuori dal mondo. Anni dopo capii... Lo ricordo come fosse ieri. 🌹🤟🎥. Quando il cinema americano era ancora importante.
One of my all time favorite movie Jill was excellent she should have won best actress hands down. She looks fantastic at the last scene when she is walking with the painting. Miss you Jill R.I.P.
Her and Alan Bates.
Jill
Was great terrible that she died
A great movie and Jill Clayburgh deserved an Oscar for this. Her performance was natural and marvelous. So glad this movie was made and introduced her to the entire world. I am so sorry she is gone. A very impressive performance.
They got it right with Fonda. But Jill
Was brilliant
What makes this movie so good?
It was nominated for Best Picture
In 1978, Jill Clayburgh won at Cannes for her role in "An Unmarried Woman”
No one played the young woman?
@@tianapitesr8553 she was unimportant, lol.
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT... Is part of my movies collection... Jill will always be missed.
Am sure jane fonda's performance in coming home was brilliant but to be honest, Jill clayburgh performance in this movie was just sensational and in my opinion should've won the Oscar, she was robbed 🎉
This film was right in the middle of an incredible three-year run for 20th Century-Fox. The studio didn't win any Best Picture Oscars in 1977-79, but it had seven Best Picture nominees: "Julia," "The Turning Point" and "Star Wars" in 1977, "An Unmarried Woman" in 1978 and "Norma Rae," "Breaking Away" and "All That Jazz" ( a co-production with Columbia) in 1979. When you look at the list of films, you see one space epic, one teenage coming of age story, a psycological study of one director and four films with strong feminist feelings. It was a short Golden Age for 20th which rivaled the best days of Darryl F. Zanuck in the 1940s.
I have loved this movie and Jill Clayburgh forever. Why isn’t it streaming anywhere?
Love Jill Clayburgh. This movie and her performance were really significant at the time. Late 1970's NYC. I want to be there.
I want to buy a bunch of property back then 😂 sell it today!
I was 13 years old. It was my birthday. Royston Sinclair III had broken my heart in front of everyone. I had snuck into your closet that morning and took that green beaded top that was your mother’s…that you kept so carefully wrapped up in tissue paper in your cedar closet. I was never supposed to touch it, but I stole it. And I wore it to school with my Chemin de Fer sailor jeans. And I thought no one was as stylish as I was. Royston laughed, he said I was cheap. He said that the only reason he’d been my boyfriend was because he was mad at Angie Morgan and he wasn’t anymore. He called me loud and weird. And he said there was a rumor going around that I wasn’t actually a Gilmore..that…I was the gardener’s daughter and…you’d bought me because you couldn’t have children of your own. And I was crushed. And I ran out of class. And I ran out of school. And I went to the mall. And I was sitting in the food court, wishing I had some money to buy a pretzel because I was starving. And I looked up…and there was Dad..standing in front of me..at the mall. He never came to the mall. That day…he went to the mall…and he was furious. Why aren’t you in school?, he asked. Tell me right now, Lorelai. Why aren’t you in school? And I tried to think of something…some lie that would make sense, but I couldn’t. All I could think was that yesterday I had a boyfriend who loved me and today I didn’t and I started to cry. I just sat there like and idiot, bawling. And finally, after what seemed like forever, I managed to control myself a little bit. And I calmed down and I waited. I waited for him to yell at me…to punish me…to ground me forever…to tell me how disappointed he was in me. And nothing came. And finally I got up enough courage…to look up at him and he was standing there with a pretzel…a giant pretzel, covered with mustard. And he handed it to me and he said, let’s go. And he took me to the movies. We saw Grease and An Unmarried Woman. Something for me and something for him, he’d said. He bought me popcorn and Red Hots and we sat in the dark and we watched. And then he took me home and he gave me a sweater to cover up the stolen top and he told you that he’d picked me up from school and taken me to the club for a soda. And that was it. We never discussed it again. That was the best birthday I ever had. I just thought you should know.
You should write.
What a great dad❤
Thank you.@@angelidonatone3703
Wow did you write down that whole monolgue word for word? ❤ It's my favorite scene in the new season!
I remember watching this Movie and being shocked. It really was an eye opener because Women of Erica's Generation were never taught to be independent. They went from Living with Mother & Daddy, to The Dorm or Sorority House, to Their Husband. They were never taught to be independent or that was okay to not be in a relationship.
I was upset with the amount of 'F's' in it. They could have told the story without all the swearing.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 I can tell you're old when you get upset by swearing. There could have been a lot thing you could be upset with movie about but, that's what you focus on.
Andrea - this implies ALL YOUNG people agree with swearing and the old don't - silly assumption. I saw this film on UK television in 1983 and every time Jill Clayburgh swore, the 'f's' were BLEEPED out. Sometime after this they gradually allowed swearing to filter in, and now it is common practice. Remember all the decades before of marvellous TV and films where swearing was never permitted? It did not spoil the stories, they are still classics. You don't need swearing to have a good film or story.
@@sparklingdaisy3169 I know right! What a biddy!
Treasure Hunter UK yeah but in real life people cussed especially brash New Yorkers like Erica. Thankfully by 1978 when the movie was released an “ R” rating gave film the freedom for cussing or nudity rather than puritanical censorship. If someone didn’t want to see a rated “ R” film you could see a “PG” or “ G”.
She was a very intelligent and charming woman.
MY FAVORITE FILM!!!! It’s hard to ever see it, but after 20+ yrs, I finally got to see it again tonight on a local DC channel 🤩
Best scenes:
1) Jill dancing Swan Lake in her underwear//apartment
2) After being told by her husband he’s ditching her after 16 yrs, watch her face, see the very real effect this news has on her
3) Every scene with Alan Bates {ah yeah, I would have gone to Vermont w/him
4) Jill carrying a large painting down real NYC streets
How about re-releasing this great Paul Mazursky film with Jill Clayburgh & Alan Bates on DVD & via streaming, which also has a wonderful score by Bill Conti, also unavailable on CD or streaming. I hate seeing so many great artistic works disappear due to producers losing track or interest in the cultural heritage they should care about.
Criterion just announced it as a June release
I agree on Bill Conti's score. Many people always identify Conti with "Rocky," but "An Unmarried Woman" s a far more substantial body of music.
A REAL HEART TEARING experience
When trailers tell the entire film
This was such a great movie! Clayburgh: perfect.
This is a great and unforgettable film, one that is unfortunately not available on streaming services.
I have never forgotten this movie. And it came along at just the right time for me. The scene where she vomits into a trash can on the street is seared in my mind--it told me it was OK to be in pain that deep.
Vi la película una tarde tonta, creyéndose un serial de TV y de repente me vi pensando, ¡como me gusta! Volví a verla pasados los años y volvió a encantaría.
I love this movie very good wish it was available to watch.
GRACIAS a esta película decidí mi Vida ❤ tenia 13 años
Wish this were streaming somewhere.
Hopefully on Disney+ soon as it's 20th Century Fox.
Excellent film.
I felt like that tells the story of the whole movie lol
It does.
I guess you think a synopsis of Hamlet is sufficient, too. The acting, the story, the directing, the music, all of these created a wonderful film. Did you read Cliff's notes in school?
Love this movie…my absolute favorite 💕
Where can i watch this??
Life goes on
can somebody up load this movie unmarried women thank you 💝
use torrent
Superb!
superb acting a lost classic
When Erica meets her friends at the beginning, the woman says she's going to the 'loo'. I didn't realise Americans used this term. They always say 'bathroom/restroom/washroom'. We have used it in the UK since the 60s, but I have never heard in an American film. This was 1978, well over forty years ago. I realise there is some English input, actors, music, etc., but it was for an American audience, not a British one.
Maybe Upscale New York thing.
@@Starkardur Interesting. I watched a documentary and there was a 'solicitor' in it. I'd never heard this in America, as they always say 'attorney', I also saw a programme and they had a 'theatre', with 're' at the end, not the other way round.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 It's just something I assumed, not that I am an expert on it. Could be that Erica is the type of person who watched a lot of British tv or was into British culture and that's why she said it.
It was and still is fashionable to use ‘foreign’ expressions although some may say we’re pretentious for doing so.
It’s dropped now and then in conversation as a joke, a kind of wry euphemism. No one in the U.S., and certainly not NY, would use it routinely.
What's the point, it's unavailable.
I didn't know you were Bridget Jones
Even though this might be considered by some a "chick flick",I love it haven't seen it in a long time I can't find it anywhere
Looks like at 0:25
Yes
I miss when feminism was about equality and freedom, now it's about superiority and narcissism. I love this movie.
agree!
agree
Me three.
It is a great film, but you clearly don't understand that feminism is about equality, fairness, & being safe in a world filled with too many misogynists.
Yeah, it’s a shame that most people don’t understand that nowadays. They think by bashing one gender entirely is equality.
Shocca ti amo
I thought Diane Keaton, Stockard Channing or Sissy Spacek are great for that movie playing Erica Benton.
No. Nobody but Jill Clayburgh could've done this.
@@priyac7054 Agreed she was perfect
Jill Clayburgh was luminous in this film and deserved an Oscar nomination.
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This movie is supposedly about a woman being thrown out on her own when her husband dumps her, and learning to be independent. But what it's really about is a woman being rescued by a far more fabulous man, the gorgeous wealthy artist played by Alan Bates. How come people laud this as some kind of feminist statement?
Ricordo che lo vidi in TV tanti anni fa. Rimasi folgorato dal lavoro degli attori. Maledetta x sempre l ' Academy, che non diede l'oscar a lei. Ma ricordo anche che nel 1978 andò mia madre da sola al cinema x vederlo. Per noi era una cosa fuori dal mondo. Anni dopo capii... Lo ricordo come fosse ieri. 🌹🤟🎥. Quando il cinema americano era ancora importante.
jesus i almost cried and im not sure why. Maybe another night.