Same Time, Next Year

1978. USA. Directed by Robert Mulligan. The Mirisch Corporation/Universal Pictures. Produced by Walter Mirisch. Screenplay by Bernard Slade, based on his play. With Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda. An underappreciated comedy of the 1970s, following the decades-long affair between the neurotic George, a New Jersey accountant, and Doris, a California housewife, who ditch their spouses and kids each year for a weekend tryst at the seaside inn where they first fell in love in 1951. Both actors are at the top of their game, and Burstyn earned an Oscar nomination for this return to her Tony Award–winning stage role. 119 min.