The film's subject matter was all too real for Hoffman, who was going through a difficult divorce from his first wife, Anne Byrne, at the time. "It was the first time I ever made a movie where I was ...

Robert Benton, the beloved Oscar winner behind Kramer vs. Kramer and Bonnie and Clyde, died Sunday. The screenwriter and director’s longtime manager Marisa Forzano revealed the news to The New York ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the ...

Ted Kramer I don't know the legal jargon for it, but I think it's "desertion." I don't mean to tell you your job, but I think I have an open-and-shut case. John Shaunessy Well, at first Mr. Kramer, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of "Bonnie and Clyde," and later received mainstream validation as the ...

In 1979, Kramer vs. Kramer was one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as divorcing couple Ted and Joanna Kramer, the legal drama about a child custody ...

The Texan also directed and wrote 'Places in the Heart,' 'The Late Show' and 'Nobody’s Fool.' By Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge Robert Benton, the much-admired screenwriter turned director who co-wrote ...

Benton's son, John Benton, said that he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan of "natural causes." During a 40-year screen career, the Texas native received six Oscar nominations and won three times: ...

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer ...