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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: G
Release Date: 20-DEC-2005
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #487 in DVD
• Brand: LEMMON,JACK
• Released on: 2000-12-12
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 105 minutes

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Neil Simon's terribly funny play about roommates Oscar the slob and Felix the neurotic was first committed to film in this 1968 production, directed by Gene Saks (Barefoot in the Park). Perfectly timed, ingeniously rendered, not a hair out of place in the history-making performances of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (or the great support cast), The Odd Couple is a movie that one just has to see every two or three years to stay happy. The poker-game sequence in which Oscar's cronies seem to be falling under the sway of fussy Felix's talent for making sandwiches is priceless. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

" WE'RE OUT OF CORNFLAKES! .....F. U. ! "
The original film that inspired the hit TV show is still a very funny and smart comedy! I had not seen this movie in many years and I found myself laughing out loud through out this exceptional film. A rare mix of comedy and an insightful look at the many layers that makes us all human! Lemmon and Matthau are perfectly cast in this classic as the two polar opposite buddies who end up sharing an apartment.

The TV show of the same name was one of the few truly successful movie to TV show tranformations. M*A*S*H* was another one that worked well. Tony Randall and Jack Klugman had great chemistry if not as layered, but this original film holds up well! The DVD transfer is very good, but only a trailer is included for an extra.

The Odd Couple
This is one funny movie! Neil Simon did the screenplay based on his script of the same name for Broadway. Neil Simon had the Midas touch, everything he did turned to gold. Neil Simon was one of the most successful of Broadway playwrights & he managed to do the same for Hollywood.

The Odd Couple are Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau. This was their first teaming, later teamings included The Grumpy Old Men movies. Lemmon portrays Felix Ungar & Matthau portrays Oscar Madison. They're the whole show though the supporting cast is fine. Of course, most people know that Ungar is the fussy neat freak & Madison is the slob. They're being thrown together in one apartment leads to some hilarious situations & confrontations. Ungar has just been thrown out of his apartment by his wife Frances (never seen nor heard). He's on the verge of suicide but isn't able to go through with it, not his fault because he couldn't get his motel room window opened. He ends up at his good friend's apartment, Oscar, who has already been divorced. Felix agrees to move in with Oscar. Never has two people been more opposite than these two. Both have a lot of baggage but Felix is the king of personal health problems. His honking (clearing his sinuses & ears), his back & all around neat-freak character is enough to drive anyone crazy. Who would YOU rather live with: Oscar the slob who hasn't cleaned anything for a long time or Felix the neat-freak who is constantly cleaning, complaining & nagging? After watching this movie it might not be so clear or maybe it will be.

THE SCRPT IS THE STAR - FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER
I've watched this movie over a dozen times, and it actually gets funnier the more times I view it - especially with friends and family. Though the classic comedy pairing of Lemmon and Matthau give an exceptional performance, the star of this picture is the script. Originally a stage play, the "odd couple" were in fact based on an "odd trio" of divorcees living with Neil Simon's brother. Amalgamated into two people we have Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar, two completely opposite personalities. Fastidious Felix's desire for order and cleanliness would today be diagnosed as an obsessive compulsive disorder. Meanwhile Oscar is a confirmed slob whose huge apartment would never pass a public health inspection. The story begins with a suicidal Felix attempting to throw himself out of a hotel window after his wife asks for a seperation. After failing to open the window (and injuring his bad back in the process) he makes his way to his best friend's apartment, where he is losing big in a poker game. Oscar invites Felix to stay, setting up a catastrophe of lifestyle clashes. The film contains an enormous 250 plus gags, based entirely on Simon's attention to minute character detail. Subsequently the film fails to date one bit, and remains hilariously funny. Lemmon and Matthau have rarely been better, though the successful transition to TV of the series, proves the importance of a script of this rarest of quality.