US (1978): Comedy/Drama/Romance
Bernard Slade's smart, funny, and touching play about an adulterous couple who meet one weekend a year for 26 years is nicely adapted for the screen by Robert Mulligan in this 1978 film. The two-person story stars Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn, both of whom are outstanding at conveying a rainbow of emotions over a quarter-century as life gives and takes away, and the world convulses with change. Mulligan brings taste and honesty to the film, and Alda and Burstyn give full, living performances. (Mirisch-Universal) (Tom Keogh, Amazon.com)
4 nominations
· Actress 1978: Ellen Burstyn
· Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1978: Bernard Slade
· Cinematography 1978: Robert L. Surtees
· Music Best Song 1978: "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Marvin Hamlisch - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric