| Release Date: | Dec 1978 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Romance |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations |
| Cast: | Jane Fonda (Hannah Warren - Visitors from New York), Alan Alda (Bill Warren - Visitors from New York), Maggie Smith (Diana Barrie - Visitors from London), Michael Caine (Sidney Cochran - Visitors from London), Walter Matthau (Marvin Michaels - Visitors from...), Elaine May (Millie Michaels - Visitors from...), Herb Edelman (Harry Michaels - Visitors from...), Denise Galik (Bunny - Visitors from Philadelphia), Richard Pryor (Dr. Chauncey Gump - Visitors from...), Bill Cosby (Dr. Willis Panama - Visitors from...), Gloria Gifford (Lola Gump - Visitors from Chicago), Sheila Frazier (Bettina Panama - Visitors from Chicago), David Sheehan (Himself), Michael Boyle (Desk Clerk - At the Hotel), Len Lawson (Frank - At the Hotel), Gino Ardito (Plumber - At the Hotel), Jerrold Ziman (Man on Phone - At the Hotel (as Jerry...), Clint Young (Doorman - At the Hotel), David Matthau (Bellboy - At the Hotel), James Espinoza (Busboy - At the Hotel), Buddy Douglas (Page - At the Hotel), Armand Cerami (Charley - At the Hotel), Joseph Morena (Herb - At the Hotel), Brian Cummings (Autograph Seeker - At the Hotel), William Kux (Autograph Seeker - At the Hotel), Zora Margolis (Autograph Seeker - At the Hotel), Rita Gomez (Maid - At the Hotel), Tina Menard (Maid - At the Hotel), Lupe Ontiveros (Maid - At the Hotel), Bert May (Waiter - At the Hotel), Eddie Villery (Waiter - At the Hotel), Army Archerd (Himself), Paolo Frediani (Handsome Actor - At the Academy Award), Judith Hannah Brown (Oscar Winner - At the Academy Award), Gary Hendrix (Oscar Winner's Date - At the...), Christopher Pennock (Policeman - At the Academy Award), Jack Scanlan (P.R. Man - At the Academy Award), Bill Steinmetz (P.R. Man - At the Academy Award), Dana Plato (Jenny - At the Airport), Nora Boland (Passenger - At the Airport), David Rini (Airline Representative - At the Airport), John Hawker (Sky Cap - At the Airport), Frank H. Conn (Bobby - At the Airport (as Frank Conn)), Colleen Drape (Stewardess - At the Airport), Linda Ewen (Stewardess - At the Airport), Kelly Harmon (Stewardess - At the Airport), Tawny Moyer (Stewardess - At the Airport), Leslie Pagett (Stewardess - At the Airport), Vicki Stephens (Stewardess - At the Airport), Nan Wylder (Stewardess - At the Airport), James Coburn (Pilot in Diana Barrie's Film on...), Catherine Wilkinson (Original Daughter (uncredited)) |
Four sets of people arrive in California and stay at the same hotel. One of these persons is Hannah Warren from New York, who has come to take her daughter who ran away from her and would like to stay with her father Bill. So Bill and Hannah spend the day bickering while trying to decide what's best for their daughter. Another one is British actress Diana Barrie, who's nominated for an Academy Award and is attending the thing with her husband Sidnet Cochran who is not the (entertainment) business. And two doctors, Willis Panama and Chauncy Gump, and their wives. Chauncy has been complaining all the way, and when they arrive they learn that only the Panamas have a room but the Gumps are forced to stay in a small single. And Marvin who came to town for his nephew's bar mitzvah, knowing that his wife is not with him his brother takes him out for a little carousing and when he returns he finds a hooker waiting for him. The next day his wife arrives.
