Kramer vs. Kramer
RCA/Columbia Pictures

Sleeve Sypnosis:
Kramer vs. Kramer is the box-office smash that garnered 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman and Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep. It's a story of contemporary relationships, values and choices.

Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer (Hoffman) is told by his wife, Joanna (Streep) , that she is leaving him. After a lifelong of being "somebody's daughter or somebody's wife", she's going off to find herself - leaving Ted to care for their six-year old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really know his son as few fathers do: cooking meals , taking him to the park, understanding every need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled parent. But then Joanna returns. And she want's her son back.

© Columbia Pictures.

Director: Robert Benton

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry, Howard Duff, George Coe, Jobeth Williams Bill Moor, Howland Chamberlin, Jess Osuna, Jack Ramage, Ellen Parker

Year: 1979

Genre: Drama

Addtional Notes:
This is the first release on the retail market of 'Kramer vs. Kramer from 1986 on big box. Run Time Approx: 102 mins.