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...characters are Doris (Ellen Burstyn) and George (Alan Alda), strangers who meet at a motel and end up in bed. Though married to others, the hero and heroine continue their affair on a one-weekend-per-year basis. Luckily, Writer Bernard Slade monitors the couple at five-year rather than annual intervals...
...only dignity in the film comes from Ellen Burstyn, who skillfully recreates her stage role. Playing the part originated by Charles Grodin, Alda gives a surprisingly weak performance: his usual warmth is vitiated by too many shrill farcical tantrums. Still, it's hard to blame an actor for this debacle. The only way to win playing Same Time, Next Year is to refuse to play...
Fordham University Alan Alda, D.F.A., actor...
...Amendment to the Constitution would help housewives. In the Ladies' Home Journal, the wives of seven 1976 presidential contenders voted 5 to 2 for the ERA and told why. (Only Cornelia Wallace and Nancy Reagan were against it.) The ardently feminist Ms. ran a story by Actor Alan Alda explaining how the amendment could benefit men. In fact, one kind of article or another explaining the ERA appeared in the July issue of 34 women's magazines...
...Alda Keller Peinkofer Oneonta...