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The Odd Couple: Directed by Gene Saks. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman. A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Neil Simon, based on his 1965 play. It stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as two divorced men – neurotic neat-freak Felix Unger and fun-loving slob Oscar Madison – who decide to live together.
When fussy Felix (Jack Lemmon) becomes suicidal over his impending divorce, he accepts an offer to move in with his best friend, messy Oscar (Walter Matthau).
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Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau), a divorced, sloppy sportswriter, invites Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon), a newly separated, fastidious photographer, to share his apartment. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
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A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day. Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide.
Odd Couple, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Little Green Ones Oscar (Walter Matthau) and poker pals (Herb Edelman, John Fiedler, David Sheiner, Larry Haines) pretending they don't know Felix (Jack Lemmon) is suicidal over his failing marriage, early in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, 1968.
G. Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York...
Overview. In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar. Gene Saks. Director. Neil Simon. Screenplay. Reviews.
