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
Glenn Close Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She began her professional stage career in 1974 in "Love for Love", and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of "Barnum" in 1980 and "The Real Thing" in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut was in "The World According to Garp" (1982), which she followed with supporting roles in "The Big Chill" (1983) and "The