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===1980s=== Zinnemann's final film was ''[[Five Days One Summer]]'' (1982), filmed in [[Switzerland]] and based on the short story ''Maiden, Maiden'' by [[Kay Boyle]]. It starred [[Sean Connery]] and [[Betsy Brantley]] as a "couple" vacationing in the [[Alps]] in the 1930s, and a young [[Lambert Wilson]] as a mountain-climbing guide who grows heavily suspicious of their relationship. The film was both a critical and commercial flop, although Zinnemann would be told by various critics in later years that they considered it an underrated achievement.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2rpAGzeD-cC&pg=PA34|title=The Films of Fred Zinnemann: Critical Perspectives|first=Arthur|last=Nolletti|date=June 24, 1999|publisher=SUNY Press|access-date=August 3, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780791442265}}</ref> Zinnemann blamed the film's critical and commercial failure for his retirement from filmmaking: "I'm not saying it was a good picture. But there was a degree of viciousness in the reviews. The pleasure some people took in tearing down the film really hurt."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-21-ca-1509-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=David | last=Gritten | title=Movies : A Lion in His Winter : At 85, Fred Zinnemann looks back on a life in film; his anecdote-rich autobiography earns the rave reviews his last movie didn't | date=June 21, 1992}}</ref>
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