Alan Alda, Bernie Kuby, Cosmo Sardo

Although they're married to other people, New Jersey accountant George (Alan Alda) and housewife Doris (Ellen Burstyn) engage in a 25-year affair after a chance encounter at a California inn. Meeting ...( read more  read more... )only once a year for a romantic weekend together, the otherwise mismatched couple's forbidden relationship evolves with the turbulent and ever-changing times, but never loses momentum. Based on Bernard Slade's play of the same name.

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Robert Mulligan

Release Date: November 22, 1978

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • February 3, 2009
    In a weird way it's kinda like the Godfather. The protagonists are doing a wrong thing, but you root for them to make it work.
  • December 25, 2007
    Great!
  • December 23, 2007
    Great offbeat love story.
  • August 25, 2009
    Good in parts and not in other parts.
  • April 11, 2009
    This is very obviously another love story that needed screen time. Highly entertaining but not a justification for cheating on your spouse.
  • March 8, 2009
    perfect love encounter
  • February 9, 2009
    An affair that never ends
  • January 16, 2009
    one of favorite movies. This is real meaning of true love.
  • November 23, 2008
    Main reason I loved this movie was because of Jane Oliver. She did the duet with Johnny Mathis.
  • September 4, 2008
    My first girlfriend told me I had to see this. I never did. She left me.

    I respect her judgment.

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  • theelab
    March 16, 2007
    I watched this movie when I was in grade school, I think early 80s. However up to now I could still remember the story and i love to watch it again in the present setting. The film producer should have a remake of this movie and my perfect choice are Diane Laine and Geroge Cloney to be the main casts.

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  • As the film "Ordinary People" opens, the characters played by Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland are watching a play. That play was made into a film in 1978. What is it called?  Answer »
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