The Four Seasons 1981  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Bess Armstrong, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Len Cariou, Jack Weston, Robert Hitt, Elizabeth Alda, Beatrice Alda, Kristi McCarthy, David Stackpole
Using Vivaldi's score as a background, three couples–Jack and Kate Burroughs (Alan Alda and Carol Burnett), Nick and Anne Callan (Len Cariou and Sandy Dennis), and Danny and Claudia Zimmer (Jack Weston and Rita Moreno)–are followed through a series of vacations and changes in relationships as they approach middle age. Things get really tight when Nick dumps Anne for a younger woman (Bess Armstrong). Alda wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy.
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Something Short of Paradise 1979  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Helpern
Cast: Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marilyn Sokol, Robert Hitt, Joe Grifasi, David Rasche, Bob Kaliban, Ted Pugh, Ann Robey, Adrienne Jalbert, Fred Nassif, Terrence O'Hara, William Francis, Sonja Jennings
An unlikely duo of a journalist and a New York theater operator–Madeline (Susan Sarandon) and Harris (David Steinberg)–meet during an interview when Madeline asks not-very-bright questions. They begin talking and fall in love. Despite connecting and disconnecting, Madeline and Harris appear to be ready to live happily ever after in this comedy/romance.
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| 1. The Four Seasons (1981)
2. Pleasantville (1976)
3. Something Short of Paradise (1979)
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