California Suite (1978)

Directed by Herbert Ross. With Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine. Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

CALIFORNIA SUITE is the story of five couples who have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel for diverse reasons and who must all confront some rather amusing pers...

California Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his play of the same name.

Neil Simon's hit Broadway comedy -- a sequel of sorts to his Plaza Suite -- enlists the same format of four distinctive sketches, this time set in the sun-soaked Beverly Hills Hotel. But Simon is texturing his stories with a darker veneer than the older sketches from Plaza Suite, with self-conscious and variable results. The first episode concerns Bill and Hannah (Alan Alda and Jane Fonda), a divorced couple who meet at a suite at the hotel to figure out who will get the custody of their child. Sidney Cochran (Michael Caine) and Diana Barrie (Maggie Smith) are a couple of pretentious movie stars who rent a suite while waiting the Oscar ceremony. Willis Panama (Bill Cosby) and Chauncey Gump (Richard Pryor), two black doctors, rent another suite at the hotel for a family vacation, all goes wrong, and they end up fighting with each other. In the final episode, Marvin (Walter Matthau) has to explain to his wife (Elaine May) why he's been found in the sack with a hooker.

Overview of California Suite, 1978, directed by Herbert Ross, with Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, at Turner Classic Movies

CALIFORNIA SUITE is Neil Simon's laugh-drenched adaptation of his hit Broadway play. Intertwining stories set in the Beverly Hills Hotel include an English actress in L.A. attending the Oscars(r); a divorced couple concerned about the future of their daughter; a philandering husband who must explain a hooker to his wife; and two couples on the worst vacation imaginable.

This stunning ensemble cast tells the story of four different guests in a hotel. Jane Fonda and Alan Alda are a divorced couple fighting over the visitation of their daughter. Maggie Smith is coming ...

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Herbert Ross: Herbert Ross, American dancer and film director who made a significant contribution to the world of dance as a choreographer for ballet companies, the stage, and motion pictures before turning to directing motion pictures. Among his numerous and varied popular films were Neil Simon comedies,

Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.