California Suite Page #2

Synopsis: Four totally different and separate stories of guests staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Maggie Smith and Michael Caine come from England to attend the Oscars; Jane Fonda comes from New York, Alan Alda is her ex who lives in California; in the slapstick part Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and their wives come to the hotel to relax and play tennis, only to find there is only one room vacant; in the fourth segment Walter Matthau arrives a day before his wife for his nephew's Bar Mitzvah while his brother (Herb Edelman) sends a prostitute to his room.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Herbert Ross
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
PG
Year:
1978
103 min
1,729 Views


us both some good?

Yes. Yes, I will. I'll call

you as soon as he leaves.

I do too. Bye.

Looks like another

beautiful day, huh?

For a change.

Hello, Hannah.

You were supposed to knock.

I was going to keep you

waiting in the hall.

You screwed up my big moment.

You still have trouble

saying a simple "hello."

Oh, I am sorry.

You always did get a thrill out

of the little things in life.

Hello, bill.

Hello, Hannah.

How are you?

At this moment,

I'm completely nonplussed.

What the hell have

you done to yourself?

You've turned

into a young boy again.

- It's good to see you.

- I mean it.

You look like the sweetest,

young, 14-year-old boy.

You're not spending

your summers at camp, are you?

Just three weeks in July.

Shouldn't we kiss or

shake hands or something?

Let's save it

for when you leave.

I made a 1:
30 reservation

for lunch. Is that all right?

Just, uh, give me a minute.

When you haven't seen

your ex-husband in nine years,

your eyes have to... adjust.

I love your California clothes.

They're Bloomingdales

of New York.

It's the best place

for California clothes.

My god, you look so...

I don't know. What is the

word I'm looking for?

Happy.

Casual.

You never know out here.

Are you dressed up now,

or is that sporty?

I didn't think a tie

was necessary for a reunion.

Is that what this is?

When you walked in like that,

I thought we were

gonna play tennis.

You certainly look

fit enough for it.

"Fit."

You think I look fit?

You awful sh*t.

I look gorgeous.

Yes, you do, Hannah.

Your tan, of course, is perfect.

I always wondered how you got

the back of your ears so dark.

You put the top of your car down

and drive away from the sun.

Look, if we're gonna

banter like this,

give me a little time.

After nine years,

I'm a little rusty.

Oh, you'll pick it

right up again.

It's like French.

You see, that's what I'd miss

if I ever left New York...

The bantering.

San Francisco's

only an hour away.

We go up there

and banter in emergencies.

I never liked San Francisco.

I was always afraid

I'd fall out of bed and

roll down one of those hills.

Not you, Hannah.

You roll up hills.

Oh, good.

You're bantering.

The flight out

wasn't a total loss.

I detect a bit of snip

in the air.

Does that mean your conversation with

Jenny wasn't all that successful?

Oh, I don't know. I thought that we

glared at each other rather well.

I ordered a drink before lunch.

I thought one of us

might be a little nervous.

I gave up double scotches

on the rocks six years ago.

I'm big on apple juice

these days.

Well, I guess I'm

the one that's nervous.

It's obvious this place

agrees with you, bill.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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