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Film Story
Ted Kramer(Dustin Hoffman) is a workaholic advertising executive who has just beenassigned a new and very important account. Ted arrives home and shares the goodnews with his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) only to find that she is leaving him.Saying that she needs to find herself, she leaves Ted to raise their son Billy(Justin Henry) by himself. Ted and Billy initially resent one another as Ted nolonger has time to carry his increased workload and Billy misses his mother'slove and attention. After months of unrest, Ted and Billy learn to cope andgradually bond as father and son.
Ted befriends hisneighbor Margaret (Jane Alexander), who had initially counseled Joanna to leaveTed if she was that unhappy. Margaret is a fellow single parent, and she andTed become kindred spirits. One day, as the two sit in the park watching theirchildren play, Billy falls off the jungle gym, severely cutting his face. Tedsprints several blocks through oncoming traffic carrying Billy to the hospital,where he comforts his son during treatment.
Fifteen monthsafter she walked out, Joanna returns to New York to claim Billy, and a custody battle ensues.During the custody hearing, both Ted and Joanna are unprepared for the brutalcharacter assassinations that their lawyers unleash on the other. Margaret isforced to testify that she had advised an unhappy Joanna to leave Ted, thoughshe also attempts to tell Joanna on the stand that her husband has profoundlychanged. Eventually, the damaging facts that Ted was fired because of hisconflicting parental responsibilities which forced him to take a lower-payingjob come out in court, as do the details of Billy's accident.
The court awardscustody to Joanna, a decision mostly based on the assumption that a child is bestraised by his mother. Ted discusses appealing the case, but his lawyer warnsthat Billy himself would have to take the stand in the resulting trial. Tedcannot bear the thought of submitting his child to such an ordeal, and decidesnot to contest custody.
On the morningthat Billy is to move in with Joanna, Ted and Billy make breakfast together,mirroring the meal that Ted tried to cook the first morning after Joanna left.They share a tender hug, knowing that this is their last daily breakfasttogether. Joanna calls on the intercom, asking Ted to come down to the lobby.She tells Ted how much she loves and wants Billy, but she knows that his truehome is with Ted, and therefore will not take custody of him. She asks Ted ifshe can see Billy, and Ted says that would be fine. As they are about to enterthe elevator together, Ted tells Joanna that he will stay downstairs to allowJoanna to see Billy in private. After she enters the elevator, Joanna wipestears from her face and asks her former husband "How do I look?" Asthe elevator doors start to close on Joanna, Ted answers, "You lookterrific."
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