Any Jack Lemmon fans?

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You gotta watch (or re-watch) these:

The Out of Towners (1970)
This is the original – not the remake. I SCREAM with laughter every time I watch it. :lofl: (watch for a very young Billie Dee Williams and also Anne Meara).

The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) Anne Bancroft plays Jack's wife.

GlenGarry Glen Ross (1992) with Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin

Tuesdays with Morrie (TV movie – 1999) - aaahhhh, another gem. True story based on the book.

^^Watch full movie right here, right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGCYD_7taKA
 

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I've spit out food and drinks, choking and laughing EVERY TIME I watch Out of Towners.
Finally learned not to eat or drink while watching it.
(Sandy Dennis: "I can verify that..." :laugh:)



The 1999 remake with Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin is mediocre, imo.
 

Yeah, good catch. I forgot to mention Sly Stallone as another cameo/bit part. (Blink and you miss it.)


When Jack (George) pulls out his notepad and takes names....the "wtf" looks people give him. :lofl:
"If you had wired or called..." :lofl:
Chasing the great dane for a box of leftover Cracker Jacks... :lofl:
 
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When Jack (George) pulls out his notepad and takes names....the "wtf" looks people give him. :lofl:
"If you had wired or called..." :lofl:
Chasing the great dane for a box of leftover Cracker Jacks... :lofl:
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There's so much comedy gold to be mined in that movie - and unlike most of today's offerings it's clean.

"Oh my God we're being mugged" - Dennis' dead-pan style is a crack-up.

I especially like the movie because I'm from NY and felt I could identify with it.
 
If Lemon was in it the movie had good acting. Every movie mentioned was/is a winner.

I remember as far back as The Apartment or one of his later films including The China Syndrome.
 
The Apartment, The Out-of-Towners, Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Odd Couple. I'm definitely a Jack Lemmon fan. His
talent for comedy was obvious but he was equally good being poignant and thoughtful. I think he was Close friends with Walter Matthau..another favorite of mine...and they were perfect as The Odd Couple.
I enjoyed the tv series with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman too...but nobody did it better than Lemmon/Matthau.
 

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