The Odd Couple (1968)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

7.7/10   

Regisseur:

Gene Saks

Drehbuchautoren:

Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

2. Mai 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Sport

Werbezeile:

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are The Odd Couple...say no more.

Plot:

Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.

Plot Keywords:

Sister Sister Relationship | Cooking | Cleanliness | Attempted Suicide | Dating

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

"You have to make gravy. It doesn't just come!"

Besetzung

Jack Lemmon	...	Felix Ungar
Walter Matthau	...	Oscar Madison
John Fiedler	...	Vinnie
Herb Edelman	...	Murray (as Herbert Edelman)
David Sheiner	...	Roy
Larry Haines	...	Speed
Monica Evans	...	Cecily Pigeon
Carole Shelley	...	Gwendolyn Pigeon
Iris Adrian	...	Waitress

Alternativ:

Seltsames Paar, Ein (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

105 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Ireland:G | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:PG | USA:G | West Germany:12

Drehorte:

190 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

During one scene, a sports radio program playing in the background reports an item about a baseball trade involving a player named Hank Moonjean. Hank Moonjean was actually the assistant director on this film.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: Audio/Visual mismatch between the shots where Felix says "How's she gonna meet somebody now at her age with two kids, and where?"

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Felix Ungar: A room please.
Hotel clerk: You alone? Luggage? How long you want it for?
Felix Ungar: Not very long.

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "Cybill: The Odd Couples (#2.10)" (1995)

"You have to make gravy. It doesn't just come!"

I saw this many years after the television series and, initially, I didn't care for it. Then, as my memory of the series receded with the passage of time, I watched again, and found it absolutely hilarious. Based on the stage play by Neil Simon, it has not been 'opened out' much for the big screen, and that's one of its strengths. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon are brilliant as Oscar and Felix, and the supporting cast are wonderful, particularly John Fielder as 'Vinnie'. Even now, certain moments can reduce me to tears of laughter - Felix interrupting Oscar in the middle of a ball game with a dinner request, Oscar cracking up and chasing Felix around the apartment, the giggling 'Pigeon Sisters' brought low by Felix's sob stories, and of course, the legendary cafeteria scene ( later ripped off by Nora Ephron's 'When Harry Met Sally' ). Razor-sharp dialogue too. When the boys think Felix has taken an overdose, Oscar says: "They could be vitamins! He could be the healthiest one in the room!". Fantastic!