Bernard Slade's smart; funny; and touching play about an adulterous couple who meet one weekend a year for 26 years is nicely adapted for the screen by Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) in this 1978 film. The two-person story stars Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn; both of whom are outstanding at conveying a rainbow of emotions over a quarter-century as life gives and takes away; and the world convulses with change. Mulligan brings taste and honesty to the film; and Alda and Burstyn give full; living performances. --Tom Keogh