The Fortune Cookie
1966
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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1976 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1976 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1976 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1976 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Screenplay 1977 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material) 1976 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction 1976 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1976 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1976 · Nominated
- 1976: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Walter Matthau) and Screenplay 1975: Oscar: Supp. Actor (Burns). Nominated for Actor (Matthau), Writing, Art direction. 1975: 4 Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy. 5 nominations 1975: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay
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The Sunshine Boys. Jump to. 6 wins & 7 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Walter Matthau. 1976 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. George Burns. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material. Neil Simon. 1976 Nominee Oscar. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration.
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the 1972 play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act.
Jan 8, 1976 · The Sunshine Boys: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith. A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
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- Comedy
- Herbert Ross
- 1976-01-08
The Sunshine Boys is an original two-act play written by Neil Simon that premiered December 20, 1972 on Broadway starring Jack Albertson as Willie Clark and Sam Levene as Al Lewis and later adapted for film and television.
- Gary Blake, Neil Simon
- 1973
Dec 14, 2004 · Sunshine Boys, The - (Original Trailer) A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1975) with an Academy Award®-winning performance by George Burns.
- Herbert Ross
- Walter Matthau
BAFTA 1977: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1976) nom. Best Leading Actor ( Walter Matthau) nom. Best Screenplay ( Neil Simon) Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1975. winner Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay ( Neil Simon)
THE SUNSHINE BOYS was the hilarious 1975 screen adaptation of Neil Simon's play about a retired vaudevillian team, played by Walter Matthau and George Burns, who had a very bitter breakup and have been asked to reunite one more time for a television special or something like that.
