The Buddy System (film) The Buddy System (film) The Buddy System is a 1984 American romantic comedy film starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Wil Wheaton and Jean Stapleton. The film was directed by Glenn A. Jordan who is better known for directing and producing numerous television films and television dramas. The film follows the story of a cautious single mother who forms an unlikely friendship with her son's school security guard. "The Buddy System" was Wil Wheaton's first major film role and his second non-television role after the 1983 film "Hambone and Hillie". Emily Price is a single mother: she got pregnant
Susan Sarandon playing Patrice Kahlman and Sarah Fairbanks, respectively. In 1975, she appeared in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". That same year, she also played the female lead in "The Great Waldo Pepper", opposite Robert Redford. She was twice directed by Louis Malle, in "Pretty Baby" (1978) and "Atlantic City" (1981). The latter earned Sarandon her first Academy Award nomination. Her most controversial film appearance was in Tony Scott's "The Hunger" (1983), a modern vampire story in which she had a lesbian sex scene with Catherine Deneuve. She appeared in the comedy-fantasy "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987) alongside Jack Nicholson, Cher, and