Terms of Endearment

"Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms."

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

James L. Brooks

Director

James L. Brooks

Screenplay

Larry McMurtry

Novel

James L. Brooks

Producer

Michael Gore

Original Music Composer

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director of Photography

Richard Marks

Editor

Jane Schwartz Jaffe

First Assistant Editor

Kristi Zea

Costume Design

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Ellen Chenoweth

Casting

Penney Finkelman Cox

Co-Producer

Martin Jurow

Co-Producer

Austen Jewell

Unit Production Manager

Albert M. Shapiro

First Assistant Director

Marty P. Ewing

Second Assistant Director

Ben Nye Jr.

Makeup Artist

Paula Herold

Casting Associate

Harold Michelson

Art Direction

Sandy Veneziano

Set Designer

Tom Pedigo

Set Decoration

Anthony Mondell

Set Decoration

Kaye Pownall

Hairstylist

Billy Miller

Key Grip

Terry E. Lewis

Property Master

Zade Rosenthal

Still Photographer

Bron Roylance

Makeup Artist

James R. Alexander

Sound Mixer

Dusty Wallace

Gaffer

Rosemary Dorsey

Script Supervisor

Don Reddy

Camera Operator

Dustin Blauvelt

First Assistant Camera

Steven Hiller

Second Assistant Camera

John J. Rutchland Jr.

Construction Coordinator

Richard A. Villalobos

Leadman

Michael McDuffee

Transportation Coordinator

Bob Badami

Music Editor

Norval D. Crutcher

Supervising Sound Editor

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

George Watters II

Sound Editor

Cecelia Hall

Sound Editor

Andrew Patterson

Sound Editor

Joanne D'Antonio

Sound Editor

Jerry Rosenthal

Sound Editor

Terry Lynn Allen

Sound Editor

Larry Singer

Dialogue Editor

Barbara Fallick Marks

Dialogue Editor

Bruce Fortune

Sound Assistant

Stephen Stalheim

Apprentice Sound Editor

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rick Kline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wayne Fitzgerald

Title Designer

Jeannie Epper

Stunts

Polly Platt

Production Design