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Synopsis: 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; 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.
Starring: Jane Fonda, Alan Alda
Supporting actors: Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Herb Edelman, Denise Galik, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier, David Sheehan, Michael Boyle, Len Lawson, Gino Ardito, Jerrold Ziman, Clint Young, David Matthau, James Espinoza, Buddy Douglas, Armand Cerami
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
Release year: 1978
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN: B001GLUQGK
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,932 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best adaptations of a Neil Simon play., December 5, 2001
This review is from: California Suite [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Clever direction means that this doesn't seem too play-like and the hotel rooms never seem claustrophobic. A very strong cast is assembled here, with Caine cast against type as a closet case preparing to receive an Oscar with his bitter and scathing wife Maggie Smith. Alan Alda turns in a moving performance as Billy, and Pryor and Cosby, both usually associated with other actors, show us what a good double-act they could have been. It seems to be four plays in one, with the tone of the comedy varying from piece to piece. Alda's section is touching comedy, Walter Matthau's is farce, Caine's is wry observation while Cosby's is farce again. The brevity of the individual pieces means that the film moves along at a cracking pace, leaving you wanting more. If you do want more, I suggest Neil Simon's Plaza Suite.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic!, December 23, 2003
By Soljk (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Neil Simon's California Suite (DVD)
It's worth a look just for the cast (Prior, Cosby, Alda, Fonda, Smith, Caine, Matthau, etc.), but trust me, you won't be disappointed. Prior & Crosby had me in tears. It does get a bit dramatic towards the end, so I'd probably give this 4.5 stars, but I laughed so hard at points, it gets rounded up to 5 stars.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tip-Top tragi-comedy par excellence, August 9, 2002
By Mr. M. A. Towey (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Jane fonder and Alan Alder are hysterical, claws are drawn at dawn as she muses to her one-time hubby about how very 'California' he is, all boyish charms and effervescence, as she...ever the sharp New Yorker...pops another ciggy in her cake-hole and manages the impossible, a verbal tirade while inhaling. (Reminded me of the blood letting dialogue delivered so deftly by Kate Hepburn in 'The Lion in Winter'). Walter Matthau is side splitting as he seeks to cheat on the good wife (Elaine May..she is so sweet most men would cheat with her not on her), of course for Walt it all goes Royally wrong. .
Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor play rich-man poor-man doctors et spouse on the vacation from hell in LA...and take competitiveness to interstellar levels. What totally ices this summer pudding though is Maggie smiths' awesome performance as an Englishwoman coping....just...with not getting the Oscar for which she's been nominated...for not having a clue how to dress in superficial, bitchy, hot LA...for not noticing her husband eyeing up every man under 30 (Michael Cain at sympathetic best), and not lobbing herself out the emergency escape hatch on the flight home..."Oh my God!...tell them I want to get off...darling tell them I want to get off..they're only playing my f-ing film". She did get that Oscar though. What a performance
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5.0 out of 5 stars NEIL SIMON COMEDY
Neil Simon's California Suite
FOUR LIGHTWEIGHT PLAYLETS BY NEIL SIMON ALL SET IN THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES. Read more
Published 11 months ago by JESSICA'S DAD

5.0 out of 5 stars A all star cast from the past.
The movie has 4 story lines of different ppl & stories but it's not hard to follow and there are some very funny parts in this movie. Read more
Published 18 months ago by T. Thayer

3.0 out of 5 stars Lukewarm comedy .... Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz
Others touted the outrageous comedy theme of this film which prompted me to buy it. Boy, was I disappointed. Read more
Published on August 19, 2007 by Paul J. Moade

5.0 out of 5 stars All Talk And No Action! (Kinda Like My First High School Girlfriend!)
Believe it or not there was a time in recent Movie History that all the characters were self obsessed, neurotic and thought that "Talk Therapy" was the answer to what ails them... Read more
Published on November 10, 2006 by John Baranyai

3.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious 'B' movie
I'm not even sure how many people have seen this film but it's one of the Cosby/Pryor great connections. Read more
Published on August 9, 2006 by B. Callahan

5.0 out of 5 stars california suite
so glad to find a copy of this movie and in such great condition. thank you
Published on February 23, 2006 by joyful one

4.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY!!
This is a funny movie...different people with different issues!! Could have had a little more Alan Alda, but it wasn't just about him...all characters had fair air time. Read more
Published on June 15, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you want to go on vacation
This film in wonderful. All of storylines went interesting and made you want to hang on to find out.
Published on June 30, 1999 by Tasha D. Staggers

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