CALIFORNIA SUITE is the story of five couples and their rather amusing personal dilemmas. As Sidney Cochran (Michael Caine) becomes the victim of wife Diana's (Maggie Smith) outrage when she just misses winning an Academy Award® (Smith won a real Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress in this role), Marvin Michaels (Walter Matthau) must somehow explain to his wife (Elaine May) just how a sexy blonde got in his bed. And while the wisecracking Hannah Warren (Jane Fonda) is uneasy about her ex-husband's (Alan Alda) new California lifestyle, Dr. Chauncey Gump (Richard Pryor) must contend with his friend's (Bill Cosby) increasingly imposing manner.