Max Dugan Returns

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Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan theatrical poster
Directed by	Herbert Ross
Produced by	Herbert Ross Neil Simon Roger M. Rothstein (executive producer)
Written by	Neil Simon
Starring	Jason Robards Marsha Mason Matthew Broderick Donald Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland
Music by	David Shire
Cinematography	David M. Walsh
Editing by	Richard Marks
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	March 25, 1983
Country	United States
Language	English
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Max Dugan Returns is a 1983 comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland and Matthew Broderick (in his first movie appearance as well as a first movie appearance for Kiefer).

Tagline: Prices are double. Your life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The Door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.

It's time to feel good again.

[edit] Plot

Max Dugan, the long lost father of Nora McPhee (Marsha Mason), drops in on her as various trials and tribulations have befallen her. With him he brings some promises and the news of his impending death. He also meets his grandson Michael (Matthew Broderick) for the first time who is charmed by Dugan. Donald Sutherland plays the police officer who helps Nora after her car is stolen and becomes her boyfriend in the process.

Former professional baseball player Charley Lau appears as himself having been hired by Dugan to coach Michael to hit better for his little league team.

This movie marks first of only two times (as of October 2006) that 'Donald Sutherland' and his son Kiefer Sutherland have appeared together in a dramatic film project; the other is A Time to Kill. (source: IMDB).