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The Four Seasons

  • 1981
  • PG
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Alan Alda and Carol Burnett in The Four Seasons (1981)
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Three couples vacation together every season. After one divorces, feelings of betrayal and more spawn criticisms of one another, but the things that keep them together are stronger than thos... Read allThree couples vacation together every season. After one divorces, feelings of betrayal and more spawn criticisms of one another, but the things that keep them together are stronger than those which might pull them apart.Three couples vacation together every season. After one divorces, feelings of betrayal and more spawn criticisms of one another, but the things that keep them together are stronger than those which might pull them apart.

  • Director
    • Alan Alda
  • Writer
    • Alan Alda
  • Stars
    • Alan Alda
    • Carol Burnett
    • Len Cariou
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    6.8/10
    5.3K
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    • Director
      • Alan Alda
    • Writer
      • Alan Alda
    • Stars
      • Alan Alda
      • Carol Burnett
      • Len Cariou
    • 54User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Jack Burroughs
    Carol Burnett
    Carol Burnett
    • Kate Burroughs
    Len Cariou
    Len Cariou
    • Nick Callan
    Sandy Dennis
    Sandy Dennis
    • Anne Callan
    Rita Moreno
    Rita Moreno
    • Claudia Zimmer
    Jack Weston
    Jack Weston
    • Danny Zimmer
    Bess Armstrong
    Bess Armstrong
    • Ginny Newley (Callan)
    Elizabeth Alda
    Elizabeth Alda
    • Beth Burroughs
    Beatrice Alda
    • Lisa Callan
    Robert Hitt
    • Room Clerk
    Kristi McCarthy
    • Waitress
    David Stackpole
    • Doctor
    • Director
      • Alan Alda
    • Writer
      • Alan Alda
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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Goofs
      After Jack's outburst, Kate is holding him on the couch. As the shots shift from them to other characters and back, Kate is sometimes stretching the neckline of Jack's sweater and sometimes not.
    • Quotes

      Kate Burroughs: Is this the fun part? Are we having fun yet?

    • Alternate versions
      CBS edited 10 minutes from this film for its 1984 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Alan Alda/David Brenner (1981)

    User reviews54

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    7/10
    To apple trees and cheese
    I was watching the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Rita Moreno, which included some short moments of her film work. I kept wondering if they'd show anything of The Four Seasons, which, while not something she's hugely remembered for, offered her a meaty role late in her film career, and is one of the first times I had ever seen her, as I hadn't ever watched West Side Story or most of her TV work. There was no mention, and indeed, I rarely hear of the film at all these days. I did see a sneering review of the film on a blog that, among other things, seemed astonished that the movie had ever been made as it was so poor, and seemed to believe that Bess Armstrong only appears in the first third. It was that review which compelled me to write this one.

    The Four Seasons is one of those films I never watch too often, as the characters and dialogue start to get on your nerves with how self- analytical and overly quippy they are, but this actually shows how ahead of its time the film was - if you add in some dramatic walking, or supernatural special effects, you have your average Aaron Sorkin or Joss Whedon script.

    What works for the film is the chemistry of the cast. You genuinely believe the characters have been close for a long time, and you can understand why the women resent Ginny, Anne's "replacement" in the group, and in Nick's life. Yet because the movie is also honest about the flaws of the characters, you're also invited to see the women's resentment, and the patronizing attitude of the men, as unfair.

    As time passes things start to feel a little too much (too much hectoring from Carol Burnett's Kate, a bit too much clowning from Jack Weston's Danny, a few too many measuring contests between Nick and Alan Alda's Jack), but it still ends on a satisfactory note, an ode to friendship along with a reminder of just how casually discarded friendship can be.

    Even though I haven't seen this in years, many parts still stick in my mind - the classical music for the soundtrack, the gorgeous cinematography (the overhead shots of the sailboat in the summer sequence in particular), the cramped car ride and sharp turns, Nick's depressed daughter talking about how the women at her college urinate off the balconies, Carol Burnett's speech at the end about friendship and losing touch.

    My favorite part of the film is Sandy Dennis' brief turn as Anne, Nick's first wife, the one discarded from his life, and then from people she saw as her friends. It's a touching performance, one that nicks at you long after she leaves the screen. Her final scene, running into her old friends, reminding them of their abandonment of her, and then moving on, is in many ways the natural conclusion of the film, and ends with such a classic line - "Maybe I'll get a goddam boa constrictor." You can't argue with that.
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    • Release date
      • May 22, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The 4 Seasons
    • Filming locations
      • Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA(college campus)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $50,427,646
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,365,643
      • May 25, 1981
    • Gross worldwide
      • $50,427,646
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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