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California Suite ★★★ 1978 (PG)

The posh Beverly Hills Hotel is the setting for four unrelated Neil Simon skits, ranging from a battling husband and wife to feuding friends. Smith is notable as a neurotic English actress in town for the Oscar awards while Caine is effectively low-key in the role of her bisexual husband. Simonized dialogue is crisp and funny. 103m/ C VHS, DVD . Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, Mag-Aldergie Smith, Elaine May; D: Herbert Ross; W: Neil Simon; C: David M. Walsh; M: Claude Bolling. Oscars '78: Support. Actress (Smith); Golden Globes '79: Actress—Mus./Comedy (Smith).

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