Results: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon ** Winner of 52 Awards
Billy Wilder teamed Lemmon with Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie (1966), the first of many comedies for the pair. Their most famous teaming was in The Odd Couple (1968), based on Neil Simon’s stage hit. The film established the pattern for most of their appearances together, with a fussy neurotic (Lemmon) butting heads with a carefree scalawag (Matthau). Other Lemmon-Matthau films included The Front Page (1974), Buddy Buddy (1981), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995), and The Odd Couple II (1998).
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"The Great Race" Professional daredevil and white-suited hero The Great Leslie convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Strait, and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate, vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. Winner of 3 Awards, icluding the 1966 Winner of the Oscar for Best Effects, Sound Effects. The Largest Pie Fight in film history. Have you seen "The Great Race"?
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"The Great Race" this film was such a box office hit that it inspired a Saturday Morning Cartoon Series called "Wacky Races" This 1968 Hanna-Barbera cartoon series remains a favorite of viewers due to its large ensemble of assorted competitors and the uniquely designed vehicles that matched their personalities. Each episode would find these 11 colorful race cars (some driven solo, others manned in teams) zipping through two different locales in the United States, with a narrator providing play-by-play of the high-speed high jinks and ensuing results. Incorrigible cheaters Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine partner, Muttley, proved popular enough to be spun off into their own series the following year, as did the only female member of the cast, the always-primping Penelope Pitstop. Did you watch "Wacky Races"?
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"The Fortune Cookie" was the springboard to a winning duo of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing an opportunity for big, easy money, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture. He gets Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears and tries to rekindle their relationship. Meanwhile, the football player who hit Harry struggles with the outcome of his actions. Winner of 3 Awards including the Oscar for Best Supporint Actor for Walter Matthau. Have you seen "The Fortune Cookie"?
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"The Odd Couple" The original Broadway production of The Odd Couple ran for 964 performances over a span of more than two years. Winning 4 Tony Awards. Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide. His friends sense his depression and one of them, Oscar (Walter Matthau), volunteers to take him in until he is fine again. The two of them are like chalk and cheese - Oscar is fun-loving, gregarious and slovenly, Felix is a shy, stay-at-home, obsessive-compulsive neat-freak. Being around Oscar brightens Felix up, but he quickly starts to irritate Oscar. Winner of 3 Awards including the 1969 Winner WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Comedy. Have you seen.....?
the film "The Odd Couple" with Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau
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the TV Series "The Odd Couple" with Tony Randall & Jack Klugman
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the Broadway Play "The Odd Couple" with Walter Mattau & Art Carney
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the Broadway Play "The Odd Couple" with Matthew Broderick & Nathan Lane
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a local production of "The Odd Couple"
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