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Jack Lemmon Movies
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Genres:
Drama
Comedy
Starring:
Piper Laurie,
Sissy Spacek,
Walter Matthau,
Edward Furlong,
Nell Carter,
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After watching The Grass Harp I felt I had just experienced a feast! If
you are tired of the McDonald's diet of recent Hollywood formula movies
than you will welcome this gourmet quality film! Based on Southern writer Truman Capote's boyhood, the story reveals the
nuances of small town life with humor and wit. The lush visuals and
lyric pace create a leisure mood befitting the 1930...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Walter Matthau,
Jack Lemmon,
Sophia Loren,
Ann-Margret,
Burgess Meredith,
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Nothing's different in this lovely follow up to the
sleeper
hit original. Lemmon and Matthau still jab at each other
while
Sophia Loren practically steals the film with her still
astonishing beauty. Things only get better with age....
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
Ann-Margret,
Burgess Meredith,
Daryl Hannah,
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I write this in 2001. Sadly, at this time, all three of the "Grumpy Old
Men" (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Burgess Meredith) have now passed
on.
But this film will show that some of your best work can come in your
golden
years.I first saw "Grumpy Old Men" against protest. Though I'd heard of its
legacy at being "SO funny!"-- I rebelled against the idea of seeing two
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Al Pacino,
Jack Lemmon,
Alec Baldwin,
Alan Arkin,
Ed Harris,
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I cannot believe this film is rated below an 8What else can be written about James Foley's adaptation of David
Mamet's Pulitzer prize winning play other than devastatingly scorching.Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Alan
Arkin, and Jonathan Pryce: perhaps the greatest acting ensemble ever
put before a camera, collectively portray employees of a real estate<...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
Paula Prentiss,
Klaus Kinski,
Dana Elcar,
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For what turned out to be his final film, Billy Wilder decided to adapt
the French black comedy L'Emmerdeur to America and he and his writing
partner I.A.L. Diamond came up with Buddy Buddy. As it turned out I saw this film back to back with Wilder's Kiss Me
Stupid. In that one, a whole lot of talented actors couldn't raise it
above mediocrity. But in watching Buddy Bud...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Juliet Mills,
Clive Revill,
Edward Andrews,
Gianfranco Barra,
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Years ago I thought I was familiar with all of Billy Wilder's movies
and as I thumbed through what might have been an old copy of Playboy,
perhaps a Sex in the Cinema article, I came across a picture of a nude
Juliet Mills and Jack Lemmon sitting on the rocks in an unknown Billy
Wilder film, and was determined to one day see that film and much more
of the Nanny from The Nanny a...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Sandy Dennis,
Sandy Baron,
Anne Meara,
Robert Nichols,
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
John Fiedler,
Herb Edelman,
David Sheiner,
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Buddy comedies always come down to two things: actors and their scripts.
"The Odd Couple" works because it has two endearing characters and an often
hilarious and always down-to-earth script, making it one of the best odd
couple films of all time -- inspiring but not surpassing movies that share
its genre, such as John Hughes' "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987) and
Martin ...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Musical
Romance
Sport
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Tony Curtis,
Natalie Wood,
Peter Falk,
Keenan Wynn,
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Although "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was the first comedy to get the
epic film treatment, "The Great Race" is in my opinion the best epic comedy.
It's just a much funnier film with so many laughs in its first half that
the more serious part dealing with the palace intrigues and the straight
sword fight acts more as a breather for the viewer before it revs up again
with t...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Musical
Romance
Sport
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Tony Curtis,
Natalie Wood,
Peter Falk,
Keenan Wynn,
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Although "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was the first comedy to get the
epic film treatment, "The Great Race" is in my opinion the best epic comedy.
It's just a much funnier film with so many laughs in its first half that
the more serious part dealing with the palace intrigues and the straight
sword fight acts more as a breather for the viewer before it revs up again
with t...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine,
Lou Jacobi,
Bruce Yarnell,
Herschel Bernardi,
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Irma la Douce is a gem, one of Billy Wilders best films. Banned from TV
for many years by network censors, it began as a Broadway play and ran
from Sep 29, 1960 to Dec 31, 1961 playing at both the Plymouth Theatre
and the Alvin Theatre in New York. It quickly won the attention of
Hollywood and in 1963 debuted as a film starring Jack Lemmon and
Shirley MacLaine. It is a love sto...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine,
Lou Jacobi,
Bruce Yarnell,
Herschel Bernardi,
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Irma la Douce is a gem, one of Billy Wilders best films. Banned from TV
for many years by network censors, it began as a Broadway play and ran
from Sep 29, 1960 to Dec 31, 1961 playing at both the Plymouth Theatre
and the Alvin Theatre in New York. It quickly won the attention of
Hollywood and in 1963 debuted as a film starring Jack Lemmon and
Shirley MacLaine. It is a love sto...
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Genres:
Romance
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine,
Fred MacMurray,
Ray Walston,
Jack Kruschen,
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Ohhh - after my 4th or 5th viewing, I think this may be one of the most
remarkable blends of comedy and drama to have ever been filmed - THE
APARTMENT - in subtle ways - rises well above the conventions of any
genre. It was my introduction to the great Billy Wilder, and my
fondness for Jack Lemmon (a remarkable and sorely missed actor) begins
here as well.*SOME SPOILERS* The co...
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Genres:
Comedy
Music
Starring:
Marilyn Monroe,
Tony Curtis,
Jack Lemmon,
George Raft,
Pat O'Brien,
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Admittedly biased, "Some Like It Hot" can certainly stand on its own merit
with or without my thunderous round of applause. More than a decade ago, I
had the privilege of performing both the Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon roles
in "Sugar," the musical adaptation of "Some Like It Hot" which originally
starred Tony Roberts, Robert Morse and Elaine Joyce on Broadway in the 70s.
Tho...
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Genres:
Comedy
Music
Starring:
Marilyn Monroe,
Tony Curtis,
Jack Lemmon,
George Raft,
Pat O'Brien,
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Admittedly biased, "Some Like It Hot" can certainly stand on its own merit
with or without my thunderous round of applause. More than a decade ago, I
had the privilege of performing both the Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon roles
in "Sugar," the musical adaptation of "Some Like It Hot" which originally
starred Tony Roberts, Robert Morse and Elaine Joyce on Broadway in the 70s.
Tho...
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Genres:
Western
Starring:
Glenn Ford,
Jack Lemmon,
Anna Kashfi,
Brian Donlevy,
Dick York,
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I found this movie to be excellent. I think it did not find an audience
because of its dark tone. It explores the concept of death in a unique
way for a western. The light comedy interspersed was a nice relief.
Definitely worth watching for any western fans. Glenn Ford was
magnificent. Jack Lemmon, while showing his flair for comedy, was
subtly profound. The movie itself is pro...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Fantasy
Starring:
James Stewart,
Kim Novak,
Jack Lemmon,
Ernie Kovacs,
Hermione Gingold,
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I researched this film a little and discovered a web site that claims
it was actually an inside joke about the Post WWII Greenwich Village
world of gays and lesbians. With the exception of Stewart and Novak,
the warlocks and witches represented that alternative lifestyle. John
Van Druten who wrote the stage play was apparently gay and very
familiar with this Greenwich Village. ...
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Genres:
Adventure
Drama
Starring:
Rita Hayworth,
Robert Mitchum,
Jack Lemmon,
Herbert Lom,
Bonar Colleano,
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Made on location in Trinidad, "Fire Down Below" was Rita Hayworth's
return to the screen after a four-year absence… During her screen absence Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "The Barefoot
Contessa," which starred Ava Gardner as a Spanish dancing-girl who
becomes first an international film star and then a Contessa, was
released with great success… Although Mankiewicz had always de...
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