A Change of Seasons (1980)

Director:

Richard Lang

Writers:

Erich Segal (story) and
Martin Ransohoff (story) ...

Release Date:

1 December 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Tagline:

"She may be 20 and gorgeous, but I have not yet begun to fight."

Plot:

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a young lover of her own.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Swinger | Male Female Relationship | Seduction | May December Romance

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Shirley MacLaine	...	Karyn Evans
Anthony Hopkins	...	Adam Evans
Bo Derek	...	Lindsey Rutledge
Michael Brandon	...	Pete Lachapelle
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Kasey Evans
Edward Winter	...	Steven Rutledge
Paul Regina	...	Paul Di Lisi
K Callan	...	Alice Bingham
Rod Colbin	...	Sam Bingham
Steve Eastin	...	Lance
Christopher Coffey	...	Fritz
Albert Carrière	...	Maitre'd
Billy Beck	...	Older Man
Blake Harris	...	Young Girl #1
Karen Philipp	...	Young Girl #2

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA

Company:

Film Finance Group

Trivia:

Filming began in late Dec 1979 (on location in Massachusetts) two months after "10" was released, when heretofore unknown Bo Derek was fast becoming the focus of worldwide attention. Additional love scenes were added to the later studio phase of the shoot, most of which appear in the opening shots of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the ski race, shots taken on a very sunny day are mixed with shots taken on a cloudy day.

Quotes:

Pete Lachapelle: We enter this world and leave this world alone. Everything else is a gift.

Soundtrack:

Where Do You Catch The Bus For Tomorrow?

The reaction of a Woman betrayed by her husband

It is sad that a film with good actor/actress as Hopkins and MacLaine did not perform well as one may expect. They were husband and wife, the first one a professor who falls in love with one of his girl- students. He simply informed his wife of this event as if nothing would happen, but this was a mistake. His wife decided to have a young lover, and all four informed went together to the mountain in holidays!!! Only in films this phenomenon can be seen. Then their daughter is also coming to the mountain with his boy-friend and his future father-in- law, who immediately falls in love with the mother of his future daughter-in-law. I think that sometimes the director wanted to make the film more comic because as a drama it was lost. The final result is not the best.