California Suite (1978)
- Starring:
- Alan Alda, Michael Caine, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herbert Ross
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to explore four more human dramas in his play California Suite, which was adapted into this quite successful movie. In the first episode, the divorced couple of Bill and Hannah Warren (Alan Alda and Jane Fonda) have rented a suite in a posh Beverly Hills hotel in order to have a discussion about who will get the custody of their child. In the next episode, Sidney Cochran and Diana Barrie (Michael Caine and Maggie Smith) are a hilarious pair of Hollywood stars who have rented the suite to await their appearance at the Academy Awards: it is a "date of convenience" which enables the sexually adventurous duo to conduct their other, more unconventional alliances out of the public eye. Drs. Willis Panama and Chauncy Gump (Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor) have brought their families to Beverly Hills for a vacation which takes on nightmarish tone. Finally, Marvin Michaels (Walter Matthau) tries frantically and unsuccessfully to explain the situation to his wife (Elaine May) when she catches him in flagrante delicto with a hooker. Actress Maggie Smith won an Academy Award as "Best Supporting Actress" for her role in this film, in which she plays the actress waiting to win . . . an Academy Award. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast:
- Alan Alda - Bill Warren
- Bill Cosby - Dr. Willis Panama
- Walter Matthau - Marvin Michaels
- Richard Pryor - Dr. Chauncy Gump
- Gloria E. Gifford - Lola Gump
- Herb Edelman - Harry Michaels
- Gary Hendrix - Oscar Winner's Date
- James Espinoza - Busboy
- David Matthau - Bellboy
- John Hawker - Sky Cap
- David Rini - Airline Rep.
- Buddy Douglas - Page
- Nora Boland - Passenger
- Gino Ardito - Plumber
- Tawny Moyer - Stewardess
- Michael Boyle - Desk Clerk
- David Sheehan - Himself
- Army Archerd - Himself
- Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran
- Jane Fonda - Hannah Warren
- Elaine May - Millie Michaels
- Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
- Sheila Frazier - Bettina Panama
- Len Lawson - Frank
- Tina Menard - Maid
- Eddie Villery - Waiter
- Rita Gomez - Maid
- Clint Young - Doorman
- Lupe Ontiveros - Maid
- Dana Plato - Jenny
- Christopher Pennock - Policeman
- Jack Scanlan - P.R. Man
- Brian Cummings - Autograph Seeker
- Jerrold Ziman - Man on Phone
- Denise Galik - Bunny
- Judith Brown - Oscar Winner
- Director(s):
- Herbert Ross
- Writer(s):
- Neil Simon
- Producer(s):
- Raymond Stark, Ronald L. Schwary
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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- 1978 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1978 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Actress
