Head over Heels

Joan Micklin Silver’s adaptation of Ann Beattie’s novel about love, marriage and 1970s lifestyles. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Gloria Grahame. Pete: Kenneth McMillan. Betty: Nora Heflin. Patterson: Jerry Hardin. Susan: Tarah Nutter., A bored civil-service employee becomes insanely obsessed with winning back his former girlfriend., An art restorer splits up with her cheating boyfriend and falls for someone new – only to see him commit what looks like murder outside her window., Based on the novel by Ann Beattie, the film concerns office-worker Charles (John Heard) who falls in love with a woman named Laura, (Mary Beth Hurt) who is separated from her husband. When Laura returns to her marriage, Charles becomes obsessed. The film is also known as Head over Heels.