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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   1,625 votes
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Director:
Alan Alda
Writer:
Alan Alda (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 May 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Here's to our friends... and the strength to put up with them.
Plot:
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Scenes We Love: The Four Seasons
 (From Cinematical. 13 April 2009, 4:02 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Fine comedy and drama from Alda. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Alan Alda ... Jack Burroughs

Carol Burnett ... Kate Burroughs

Len Cariou ... Nick Callan
Sandy Dennis ... Anne Callan

Rita Moreno ... Claudia Zimmer
Jack Weston ... Danny Zimmer

Bess Armstrong ... Ginny Newley (Callan)
Elizabeth Alda ... Beth Burroughs
Beatrice Alda ... Lisa Callan
Robert Hitt ... Room Clerk
Kristi McCarthy ... Waitress
David Stackpole ... Doctor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The scene where Alan Alda calls Carol Burnett "perfect" was not in the original script. Burnett asked for the scene to be added. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the very beginning of "Autumn," we see leaves falling as a blue Mercedes sedan whooshes by (the camera catches the right side of the car) on a curvy road. All we see is the right side/front of what is very clearly a late '70s/early '80s S-class Mercedes (likely a 450 SEL or a turbodiesel variant of the same body style). However, in the next shot, the car shown is the same color, but very clearly a 300 class (300 Diesel or 300 Turbodiesel) model. The latter is used in all interior and exterior shots throughout the Autumn (at the Connecticut inn) and eventually sinks on thin ice in "Winter." more
Quotes:
Danny: [talking about Nick] He's been having affairs all along. Dozens.
Jack: [disbelief] You're kidding.
Danny: How could you not know? They even slept at your place once.
Jack: Where was I?
Danny: You gave him the key to water your plants and feed the cats while you were away. Didn't you notice the funny expression on the cats' faces?
Jack: He told you all of this?
Danny: Most of it... some of it came out when he was under gas.
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Movie Connections:
References Two Years Before the Mast (1946) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Fine comedy and drama from Alda., 23 April 1999
7/10
Author: Hermit C-2 from Marietta, GA, USA

Alan Alda the actor has come up with a few worthwhile projects over the years as a writer and director. This movie, his feature directorial debut, is quite enjoyable.

Three upper-middle class couples are seen during the four vacations they take annually. They enjoy each others' company, but a fissure in the friendships begins to grows when one man tires of life with his wife and introduces his new, younger girlfriend into the group, and things go from there. Alda manages very successfully the balance between comedy and drama, aided by the excellent cast of veterans. All the principals here (the first seven listed in the credits) do fine work.

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superb acting..it's like watching a play.. (Spoilers) fergusg
'Are we having fun yet'....was this the first use of that phrase? SammyTerry
Bravo Alan Alda: you are always consistent. zurichpoet
JEWISH?? socaljd2
where is the soundtrack listings? 4friedchickensandacoke
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