Same Time, Next Year

1978 film by Robert Mulligan
Movie film Q2558644
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Summary

Same Time, Next Year is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,633 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Robert Mulligan[3]
  • Screenwriter: Bernard Slade[4]
  • Composer: Marvin Hamlisch[5]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[6], drama film[7]
  • Cast member: Ellen Burstyn[8], Alan Alda[9]
  • Producer: Walter Mirisch[10]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[11]
  • Director of photography: Robert L. Surtees[12]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[13]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[14]
  • Review score: 5.6/10[15], 40%[16]
  • Color: color[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1978[19], May 15, 1979[20]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[21], Netflix[22]
  • Narrative location: California[23]
  • Film editor: Sheldon Kahn[24]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress[25], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[26], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[27]
  • Title: Same Time, Next Year[28]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[29]
  • Duration: 119 minutes[30], 123 minutes[31]
  • Production designer: Henry Bumstead[32]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[33]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[34]
  • Australian Classification: M[35]

Why It Matters

Same Time, Next Year has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . filmdienst.de. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', '
    Ampas collections film id → W086292
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 14171
    P14821 → 78199
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 6779
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  4. 23w ago · Paucabot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Australian classification → M
    Cast member → Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda
    Nominated for → Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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