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“I would like to thank divorce,” said Dustin Hoffman, winner of the Best Actor – Drama Golden Globe for Kramer vs. Kramer, when he accepted the award in 1980 from Lee Remick and Rod Steiger.

Hoffman, then 43 years old, added, “That phenomenon of this latter part of the 20th century, which has somehow created a family in this film that I was part of. I would like to thank all of you who are touched by this film.”

Memorably telling the story of a couple’s divorce and the subsequent evolution of their relationship, writer-director Robert Benton’s film also won Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Best Screenplay, for Benton; and Best Supporting Actress, for Meryl Streep.

The legal drama, which was based on Avery Corman’s novel of the same name, reflected a cultural shift from the 1970s, when ideas about parenthood were changing. Exploring the psychology and fallout of Ted and Joanna Kramer’s divorce and its impact on their young son, the movie tou