California Suite Clip

[@frakte]

I’d seen Maggie Smith in a few other movies before this - Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile, and Sister Act - but this is the performance that made me a lifelong fan when I first saw it more than 30 years ago. She’s irresistible here. RIP, Dame Maggie - you’ll be sorely missed.

[@zyxw2000]

FYI--1978.

[@erepsekahs]

@@zyxw2000 Twit.

[@erepsekahs]

You are very, very, correct.

[@wishbonedressing]

Rest in Paradise Dame Maggie Smith. Thank you for giving us 70 years of stunningly phenomenal performances!

[@Assisi4]

I've known this actress all my life and I have my parents to thank for that. They made a point to always watch British television. Rest in peace to one of the best actresses out there! 💗

[@rhondadiaz4605]

Amazing film , I first saw it when it was newly released and I have kept watching it since. These two together equals perfection.

[@JT-kr2ds]

I just can’t. Maggie Smith with her delivery and Neil Simon’s dialogue is just brilliant. I think I busted my stomach from laughing so hard. Perfection.

[@ronnykmarshall]

I love that Maggie WON an Oscar for this.

[@GroovyShelly]

RIP Dame Maggie. She & Caine were magic together. The only actor to win an Oscar playing an actor losing an Oscar.

[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

Drunk Maggie Smith is truly a gift to the world. Actually, just Maggie Smith is too but especially Drunk Maggie Smith

[@groovygirl23]

One of Neil Simon's best. These two together were sheer brilliance.

[@Euroviking86]

This movie would've been a lot better if it had just been about those two - they were definitely the best thing about it. Great acting from them both, and the writing both witty and funny as well as surprisingly deep.

[@lindaeasley4336]

I totally agree 👍

[@TheNathanj2009]

Absolutely, their scenes were by far the best in the movie. It takes talent Maggie Smith and Michael Caine to overcome Neil Simon’s stilted overly mannered dialogue

[@beauryandrew]

I agree.

[@reginawilkes5100]

Only reason I watch.

[@annedonovan9005]

One of my favorite movies. Maggie Smith and Michael Caine were absolutely perfect.

[@ChrisC11291980]

In the NBC movie London Suite, these characters were played by Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Clarkson. They tried hard but it just wasn't the same.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Sir Michael says in his early days he had trouble getting cast because he was young, blond & pretty, people thought he was gay (hoped?). I became a fan when he mentioned in his memoirs that NYC in the '70's was the party capital of the world (Studio 54 et al) because of the gay population (so true pre-AIDS). That he would play such a closeted character as Sidney - & play him so well! - is yet another reason to love him. Plus, he & Sir Roger Moore were friends. Envious!

[@normadesmond6017]

they were. So was Walter Mathau. Bil Cosby and Richard Pryor - not so much....

[@evertbenjienathanieltupas8310]

1:06 the most grand yet sassy way to walkout from a fight 😆

[@da96103]

0:45 Maggie: What won the award? At first it was La La Land, and then it was Moonlight.

[@mirrenfan2]

Lol! :)

[@oscarfun100]

Sidney, you A. H., you're lying!

[@kimberlyjohnston]

Rest in Peace Dame Maggie Smith ❤

[@eugenefox3639]

God bless thee magnificent incomparable Dame Maggie Smith!

[@ApolosaCakau]

I can see why she won an Oscar, love her acting skills "Oh Sidney, I saw your private " 😅😅😅

[@laurarinke1990]

ik its so funny 😭💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jonnnyren6245]

Goodness is this really Dame Maggie Smith back in the day? She's gorgeous and hilarious here.

[@dfa3366]

"Sydney..I have just thrown up on some of the best people in Hollywood...." What a funny line.

[@pdgf]

...Now is no time to be sensitive!

[@normadesmond6017]

These two are wonderful together. Two of the best. These two can play the phonebook and still get an Oscar nomination. Wonderful!

[@Bijan1981]

The way she held that apple and turned away chin up, “i want another drink, please…” is dope! 🔥

[@jaredjdigirolamo7686]

i dont think i could kept a straight face filming a scene like this this was funny as heck

[@dfa3366]

Imagine if someone named "Eggs Benedict" was staying in the hotel. I could watch a play based on their characters and the banter back and forth. Both legendary actors.

[@unclealand]

Maggie Smith and Michael Caine make Neil Simon sound like Noel Coward's good stuff.

[@sitarnut]

Ha ha... killer! Priceless......

[@MrInterestingthings]

Exactly . Insightful. The tempo is breezy each in their own world but they do care enough about each other that they hear each but both are self involved almost miserable in a difficult industry ! Neil Simon like Shakespeare needs intelligent ,dedicated craftman to really get performed well !

[@avenger67]

‘I’ve aged Sidney’... love the tone change

[@carolefletcher]

RIP Maggie. We'll miss you.

[@pdgf]

Dame Maggie Smith is the best!

[@pdgf]

Saiman Quazi yes i know and she should have won more Oscars! now record that Grammy-winning audio album for the EGOT!! Lol

[@tfaddict8254]

The amazing Maggie Smith.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Check out her duet with Dame Diana Rigg in Evil Under the Sun, them singing Cole Porter is the best 3way evuh!

[@glamdolly30]

@@unowen-nh9ov Oh yes - that Maggie Smith - Diana Rigg double act is just superb, the most glamorous Dames in the world!

[@Kanuck1818]

Sidney.....was I hit by a BUS?

[@richardanderson6257]

I love how she said “category.”

[@rnw2739]

The wonderful Maggie Smith doing her best Kenneth Williams impersonation! Loved the friendship they had and her obvious admiration for his comedic talent which she emulates superbly here!

[@beauryandrew]

The only good storyline in this movie... and BOY is it good!

[@pdgf]

Lovely gown!!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

1:06 The way she left the room!!! 😎

[@evertbenjienathanieltupas8310]

With anger yet in a classy way 😆

[@pdgf]

We want the full movie version of this great funny movie uploaded by a good samaritan here ASAP! 😁

[@AHuebner2004able]

Rest in peace, Maggie Smith

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Dame Maggie & Sir Michael deliver Neil Simon's dialogue like it's Sir Noel Coward's.

[@kevq761]

Loved it. Maggie was just wonderful

[@daisymay9203]

Watching these two fight is gold

[@albert7721]

R.I.P Neil Simon August 26th 2018.

[@eliamefontana9560]

Adoro tudo em Maggie. A voz ... postura...excelente atriz

[@pdgf]

Dame Maggie Smith is an International Treasure!

[@bartonboy3842]

RIP Neil Simon. Genius.

[@jonathancineus6424]

Like a brother and sister. By chemistry, behaviour and actual looks!

[@MrElliotc02]

She was really great...

[@nicksmith4361]

Maggie Smith was one of the best British actors and deserved the accolades she received.

[@alonzo9772]

She won the Oscar and Golden Globe for this! 🤯

[@NadrianATRS]

She sounds so natural it’s weird

[@gainal9080]

Damn it my favourite category lmao

[@ANFeuerstahl]

What a pair !

[@Dragblacker]

The Batman-Harry Potter crossover you never heard of!

[@BrianRIngram]

like she's actually going to whip up hollandaise in her condition

[@glamdolly30]

LOL! She'd struggle to use cutlery!

[@ANFeuerstahl]

LOL

[@contralascorrientes]

Mcgonagall x Alfred best anime ship Ever.

[@EngPheniks]

Both actors cast in movies featuring Daniel Radcliffe Maggie smith in the Harry Potter franchise and Michael Caine in Now you see me 2

[@icf1221]

Maggie Maggie Maggie, still ever brilliant even after Downton Abbey. True Legend.

[@matt75hooper]

Maggie Smith is simply 'The Best'.

[@ivancervi1825]

Questa e" la differenza tra una Grande e un' ottima attrice...la linea sottilissima che sfiora, la leviga, ma non taglia mai dell' Overacting♥️

[@ivancervi1825]

Maggie Smith is all!

[@char1737]

A.H . TWO letters that changed my life thank you Maggie!

[@Ocelot2000]

LOVE LOVE LOVE

[@springsogourne]

Fantastic movie!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Ever since seeing this, I've wanted some Eggs Benedict.

[@dasman6223]

I love the part (not shown here) when she’s in bed, practicing her ‘acceptance speech.’ She is so wonderfully actressy.

[@mikegarrens5286]

I saw this movie 40 yrs ago.... This is where she just lost her best actress nomination and this is where she needs reassurance But like all of us men we ignore these kind of moments.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Watching this now on TCM (thank you, TCM! again & again). Saw it in theatres, so much better written & acted than I remembered (& I remembered it as being good). Jane Fonda is brilliant, as she fights for her daughter - & gives her up - who knew Neil Simon was a feminist?!

[@comedy-en5yc]

Brilliant film !

[@wdh47211]

How does The Beverly Hills Hotel not have 24 hour room service?

[@glamdolly30]

It has to - must be some poetic licence on Neil Simon's part.

[@pratikdas2346]

Professor McGonagall and Alfred ❤️

[@radcow]

100% English crude 😂😂😂

[@supermariofan03]

0:38 I think he’s talking about Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare in Love.

Minerva MacGonagall and Alfred (Batman)?

[@robjack2804]

Perfect. Great movie. So sad it wouldn't get made now.

[@itsjemmabond]

Why not?

[@robjack2804]

@@itsjemmabond because the content is very dated. From a cultural/political POV. A woman begging her clearly gay husband to sleep with her? In a light comedy? Maybe not...

[@robjack2804]

Then The Cosby storyline..?

[@eliamefontana9560]

Michael kaine.. Maravilhoso

[@minniemcgonagall139]

Does anyone else kinda wanna be in the same room as Drunk Maggie because I do

I have always thought that she is the female version of M. Caine.

[@Tojazzer]

And this is a master class on how to act through a bad script. Terms like @sshole and G_d damned are entirely American. This is not how British people speak at all.

[@davidthaler7018]

I take it back Sidney; you are not a crud. Am I still an arsehole? Definitely!

[@philippeh3904]

Damn Bill Cosby for ruining this amazing comedy

[@glamdolly30]

Oh God, you're right - I forgot that A.H. Bill Cosby was in it!

[@lewis7515]

There can't be many things worse than suddenly wanting Eggs Benedict late at night and then they're telling you the kitchen's closed.... God. Damn. I would head down to bust up a whole Reception desk and spend the night in jail.

[@dakotatoimata9374]

What mcgonagall is swearing what lol 🙌

[@robertgonzales8320]

Delicious actress/actor delivering Neil Simon? Yum. and more Yum.

[@finallyfinally9317]

She sounds exactly the same

[@AusRocker]

Haha love it !

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Same wallpaper as the golden girls.

[@ladymcgonagall]

wAS I HIT BY A BUS?????

[@ddivincenzo1]

This movie was cute, but the Bill Cosby/Richard Pryor part was absurd.

[@glamdolly30]

Probably a bit of PC box ticking. Unknown black actors played pimps but Hollywood presented black stars like Cosby as ultra respectable, wealthy, successful, great guys. Ironic really, as Cosby and Pryor were both discredited later, Cosby for far more sinister reasons.

[@clintbronson5]

And when he gets loudly HE GETS VERY LOUD INDEED!!!

[@sammizzzle]

she is so funny!!! "A H"

[@gainal9080]

I actually forgot why she said that. What does AH stand for here?

[@sammizzzle]

@@gainal9080 a***-hole

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

​@@gainal9080AH is for asshole.

[@mannydel1]

Maggie Smith wore the same dress on Murder By Dearh.

[@frakte]

Oh, that’s tacky…LOL

[@mannydel1]

@@frakte …that’s really tacky. 😉

[@itsjemmabond]

@@mannydel1 It's not tacky, it's economical

[@SimonFerocius]

Maggie Smith and Michael Caine is just like Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter now

[@jaredjdigirolamo7686]

im threatning u ya crud Lol

[@gamers7800]

Just think today she could have Google the answer on her I phone..."there you ass hole"!

[@kylachristie4012]

Do you know where I can find the full movie online?

[@MadDiMoody7]

Amazon.

[@Tarabara]

This gives me Victoria/Victoria vibes 😄

[@ccbsnyc]

Did anyone notice that Michael Caine is reading telegrams? Did telegrams still exist then?

[@MsMesem]

Last telegraph sent July 14th 2013.

[@brianstuart1867]

Yes

[@cocoparker5937]

Lol yes they did

[@glamdolly30]

This is a pretty old movie - 41 years old, to be precise, released 1978.

[@itsjemmabond]

Yes, I know someone who sent one in 1989.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Limo comments funny, Smith's friend, peer & co-star Dame Diana Rigg arrived in L.A. in a limo, when the show was canceled after a season they sent her to the airport in a station wagon.

[@tenapalmer7182]

her house is neither brick nor red.

[@imeanithonest5704]

Neil Simon at his bitchiest!!! Love it!!!!!

[@gabriela1669]

Lord redbrick and lady blueberry on this movie

[@mjremy2605]

What a toxic pair. Let me out of here! Hard to watch two people needing to talk to each other but throwing verbal darts instead. Very sad.

[@peteradaniel]

Too many US references for a just off the plane English couple. Steel belted what? These roles should be played by Yanks, the dialogue is too American.

[@mirrenfan2]

I'm American and I had to look that one up myself.

[@eatonjask]

Ironic you'd grab the 'steel belted radial tyre' line, as steel belted radial tires were first introduced in Britain in 1950, and were pretty much standard equipment on cars in Britain by 1960. It was 1970 before the first US car came with steel belted radials. That reference marks the couple as being more British than their US hosts.

[@richardlionheart3965]

Agree, she wouldn't say "can" either, probably Loo or toilet. Still love this scene though.

[@rnw2739]

@@richardlionheart3965 Or "Goddamn' as well. It sounds so phoney. Although this is a minor consideration as the script and performances are fantastic.

[@glamdolly30]

Well it was written by an American - the late, great Neil Simon, who penned many classic American comedies including 'The Odd Couple' and 'Barefoot in the Park'.

[@common_sense_supreme]

Love Maggie Smith, but this was just horrid acting from both.

[@dfa3366]

It’s called comic acting and they were both brilliant.

[@gainal9080]

Fuck you

[@nrafter530]

She won an Oscar for this

[@t.wilson9432]

What an idiot

[@sdearing6375]

and yet she won an oscar