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The Four Seasons

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The Four Seasons	comment	The Four Seasons is a 1981 comedy-drama film written by, directed by, and starring Alan Alda, with co-stars Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Jack Weston, and Bess Armstrong.The plot involves three upper-middle-class married couples from New York — Jack and Kate (Alda and Burnett), Nick and Anne (Cariou and Dennis), and Danny and Claudia (Weston and Moreno) — who've built a pattern of taking four vacations together every year, once per season. The routine takes on a sour note when Nick divorces Anne after 21 years of marriage and takes up a relationship with a younger woman, Ginny (Armstrong), leaving the others to wonder if they're betraying their friend by accepting the new woman into their circle.Alda's feature directorial debut,note He had previously directed for television, including several episodes of MAS*H the film is also notable for its soundtrack featuring the four concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, from which it takes its name.
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The Four Seasons / int_13646b1b	comment	My Friends... and Zoidberg: Ginny calls the other couples out for treating her this way, accusing them of seeing an "blank spot where Annie used to be".
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The Four Seasons / int_1ea248b4	type	Neat Freak
The Four Seasons / int_1ea248b4	comment	Neat Freak: Danny, who refuses to let anyone eat in his car in case it leaves crumbs.
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The Four Seasons / int_23ff95fb	comment	Brutal Honesty: Jack is a believer in this, even when some things are best left alone.
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The Four Seasons / int_28ddc48d	comment	Seasonal Baggage: Nick leaves his wife Anne after the spring trip and marries the much younger Ginny, causing tension over the summer, fall, and winter vacations.
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The Four Seasons / int_2b851bd4	comment	The Scrooge: Danny meticulously calculates everyone's expenses on vacation so that everyone pays their share.
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The Four Seasons / int_4756a7f	type	Bourgeois Bohemian
The Four Seasons / int_4756a7f	comment	Bourgeois Bohemian: All three couples are candidates, being upper middle class couples, some with artistic careers.
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The Four Seasons / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Four Seasons / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: All four "seasons", but especially the scenes set in the US Virgin Islands.
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The Four Seasons / int_5a2d2d5c	type	Visit by Divorced Dad
The Four Seasons / int_5a2d2d5c	comment	Visit by Divorced Dad: Nick during parents' weekend in Connecticut. The yet-to-be-finalized divorce has taken a toll on his daughter Lisa, who has become withdrawn and isolated. Nick tries to cheer her up, with predictably tepid results.
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The Four Seasons / int_5f70322e	type	Public Domain Soundtrack
The Four Seasons / int_5f70322e	comment	Public Domain Soundtrack: The famous musical suite that inspires the film's name is heard throughout, alongside other Vivaldi pieces.
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The Four Seasons / int_6c81c95	comment	True Art Is Incomprehensible: In universe. Anne's main project is taking photographs of vegetables. Nick doesn't see the point.
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The Four Seasons / int_704a3bbb	comment	Real Men Cook: The first vacation starts with Jack, Nick, and Danny cooking an elaborate Chinese dinner - and filling the kitchen with smoke in the process.
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The Four Seasons / int_83315066	type	I Didn't Tell You Because You'd Be Unhappy
The Four Seasons / int_83315066	comment	I Didn't Tell You Because You'd Be Unhappy: During the autumn scene, Kate confesses that she hates the vacations the couples go on, even though she always plans them.
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The Four Seasons / int_8b200e5f	type	Hypochondria
The Four Seasons / int_8b200e5f	comment	Hypochondria: Danny feels himself closer to death and fearing every ache and ailment, to the point of being afraid of the elastic in his underwear.
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The Four Seasons / int_94d295c0	type	The Precious, Precious Car
The Four Seasons / int_94d295c0	comment	The Precious, Precious Car: Danny and his Mercedes, which ends up at the bottom of a lake.
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The Four Seasons / int_951a2326	comment	Musical Theme Naming: The film takes its name from the musical suite by Antonio Vivaldi.
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The Four Seasons / int_9a6990	comment	Skinny Dipping: Nick and Ginny try it, after which Claudia and Danny follow suit.
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The Four Seasons / int_a3ca3b12	type	Mid-Life Crisis Car
The Four Seasons / int_a3ca3b12	comment	Mid-Life Crisis Car: Danny's Mercedes.
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The Four Seasons / int_add9abb3	comment	The Missus and the Ex: The Autumn sequence sees Anne arrive for parents' weekend in addition to Nick and Ginny. Awkwardness ensues.
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The Four Seasons / int_af94cf6d	type	Hollywood Mid-Life Crisis
The Four Seasons / int_af94cf6d	comment	Hollywood Mid-Life Crisis: Nick goes through this, divorcing his wife to marry a younger woman.
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The Four Seasons / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: The main characters vacation together throughout the year, but as the months roll by it's increasingly obvious that none of them can stand each other.
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The Four Seasons / int_df5c3013	comment	Think Unsexy Thoughts: In an attempt to distract themselves from the excessive noises of Danny and his new partner Ginny, Jack and Kate read about inflation and its effect on the economy - before descending into giggling fits.
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The Four Seasons / int_e135b3de	comment	Pass the Popcorn: While the adults fight at the dinner in the "fall" season, their daughters just silently eat and enjoy the show.
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The Four Seasons / int_e4ba33fc	comment	Disaster Dominoes: Happens in both the Summer and Winter "seasons": Attempting to raise the stuck anchor on the sailboat leads to the anchor rope snapping, the front railing going with it, and the sailboat being stranded on a sand bar. Danny breaks through the ice running after Ginny, who had fled the cabin in anger over how she's treated by the other couples. The others rescue him with a rope tied to his Mercedes...which falls through the ice right after he's rescued.
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The Four Seasons / int_fb9e25e9	comment	Team Mom: Kate and Jack are the alpha couple of the three.
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