Bernard Slade

Writing

Bernard Slade

Born May 2, 1930 · St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Died October 30, 2019 · aged 89

Bernard Slade Newbound (May 2, 1930 – October 30, 2019) was a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he created the sitcoms The Flying Nun and The Partridge Family. As a playwright, he wrote Same Time, Next Year, Tribute, and Romantic Comedy and their film adaptations. He received a Tony Award nomination for Same Time, Next Year, and an Oscar nomination for the screen adaptation…

Known For

Un drôle de pèreUn drôle de père · 2017
Un drôle de père
2017
MovieComedy
Same Time, Next YearSame Time, Next Year · 1978
Same Time, Next Year
6.51978
MovieComedyDrama
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.
Romantic ComedyRomantic Comedy · 1983
Romantic Comedy
5.11983
MovieComedyRomance
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.
In Name OnlyIn Name Only · 1969
In Name Only
7.01969
MovieComedyRomance
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.
TributeTribute · 1980
Tribute
5.61980
MovieComedyDrama
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.
Stand Up and Be CountedStand Up and Be Counted · 1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
7.01972
MovieComedyDrama
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Stará láska nerezavíStará láska nerezaví · 2003
Stará láska nerezaví
3.82003
MovieTV MovieComedy
A comedy from the hotel where it all began and ended.
Same Time, Next YearSame Time, Next Year · 2020
Same Time, Next Year
2020
Movie
Bernard Slade’s wickedly funny comedy explores a love affair between two seemingly ordinary people who meet once a year. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR deftly examines the monumental political, social, and personal changes that impact their lives over the course of 25 years. Full of clever dialogue, comical visuals, and unexpected admissions, this play will have you laughing one moment and wiping away tears the next.

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