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The Four Seasons
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User Rating:
7.1/10   1,738 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Alan Alda (written by)
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Release Date:
22 May 1981 (USA) more
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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
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(2 articles)
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I love this movie more (28 total)

Cast

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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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107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Alan Alda said what inspired the film was an actual incident where he judged a friend too harshly. He realized that not only was he wrong, that friendship goes through "seasons"; so he wrote the script based on that notion. more
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Crew or equipment visible: The boat scene when it hits the sandbar a crewman is visible. more
Quotes:
Danny: [whining about his various health issues] I have shifted into a state of entropy that is progressing geometrically.
Jack: Entropy. Geometrically. Danny, you talk like a bad textbook.
Danny: You think that because I'm quirky I don't hurt? You've got it backwards. I'm quirky because I hurt.
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
I love this movie, 22 March 2000
8/10
Author: Dan Oines (yo0o0oy@my-deja.com) from Florida, USA

I was 14 when The Four Seasons came out. For the first time I saw the veil torn from the troubled adult world. The actors all did believable, authentic, and often poignant work. The plot pleasurably unfolded with the help of joyous music and a very perceptive script. The balance of tension, sadness, anger, and humor was just right.

Victor Kemper's natural-light cinematography was gorgeous. Alda and Burnett's discussion scene (shot from outside, looking at them holding each other as rain falls on the window) was unforgettable. A simple moment, but to me a landmark of what cinema can be when filmmakers care about what they're doing.

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