Directed by Herbert Ross • 1978 • United States
Starring Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith
Neil Simon’s smash Broadway farce hits the screen with a luminous all-star cast. Among the guests whose personal and romantic dilemmas intertwine over the course of their stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel are: Jane Fonda, as a hard-nosed Manhattanite perturbed by her ex-husband Alan Alda’s new California lifestyle; Maggie Smith, who won a real-life Academy Award for her performance as an Oscar-nominated actress in denial about her marriage of convenience to her closeted husband (Michael Caine); Walter Matthau, who must think quick to explain to his wife (Elaine May) how another woman ended up in his bed; and Richard Pryor as a doctor trying—and failing to find—a little rest and relaxation.
Directed by James Bridges • 1979 • United States
Starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
Released less than two weeks before the reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island, this gripping, eerily prophetic thriller sketches a terrifying portrait of the risks of nuclear power. While researchi...
Directed by Sidney Lumet • 1986 • United States
Starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia
Jane Fonda earned her seventh Academy Award nomination for her multilayered performance (modeled on the true-life tragedy of Hollywood starlet Gail Russell) in this riveting thriller directed by Sidney ...
