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Serial is a comedy film from 1980 from Paramount Pictures. The screenplay, by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, is drawn from the novel The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County by Cyra McFadden, published in 1977. The film stars Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Sally Kellerman, Christopher Lee, Bill Macy, Peter Bonerz, and Tom Smothers. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin (with lyrics by Normal Gimel (for the song "It's a Changing World" sung during the credits). The film was produced by Sidney Beckerman and directed by Bill Persky.

Amidst an abundance of plot twists, cultural references (e.g., Star Trek), and wacky situations and characters, the film contains many memorable lines, beginning with the wedding vows near the start.

Plot

In trendy Marin County, California during a year in the 1970s, uptight Harvey Holroyd (played by Mull) is losing patience with, on one hand, his wife Kate (Weld) and her friends, who are thoroughly caught up in consciousness-raising and psychobabble, and, on the other hand, his rebellious teenage daughter Joanie. As marital problems persist, Kate and Harvey separate, and each of them becomes sexually involved with others -- rather awkwardly, however. Meanwhile, being unhappy at home, Joanie is lured by "concerned" members of a flower-peddling religious cult and eventually is trapped by them. The rescue of Joanie brings the family back together.

Trivia

Certain scenes or lines have been included in presentations of this film on broadcast television (albeit with overall censorship applied), but are lacking on the commercial VHS tape (issued by Paramount Pictures Corp., 1989).

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