Same Time, Next Year

"They couldn't have celebrated happier anniversaries if they were married to each other."

Mar 8 1979 PG 1h 59m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

Plot

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year. Originally a stage play, the two are seen changing, years apart, always in the same room in different scenes. Each of them always appears on schedule, but as time goes on each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

Written by

Bernard Slade

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Cast

Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn, Ivan Bonar

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Trailers
CBS promo Same Time, Next Year 1980
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6,896
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
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