Alan Alda (George) and Ellen Burstyn (Doris)
Same Time, Next Year | |
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Directed by | Robert Mulligan |
Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
Written by | Bernard Slade |
Starring | Ellen Burstyn Alan Alda |
Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
Editing by | Sheldon Kahn |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | November 22, 1978 |
Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1975 play of the same title.
The film opens in 1951 at an inn located on the Mendocino County coast. Doris (Ellen Burstyn) is a 24-year-old housewife from Oakland, George (Alan Alda) a 27-year-old accountant from New Jersey. They meet at dinner, have an affair, and then agree to meet once a year to rekindle the sparks they experience at their first meeting, despite the fact that both are happily married, with six children between them. More…