Jack Lemmon
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Jack Lemmon won an Oscar. for this dramatic performance, considered by many to be his finest. Lemmon plays Harry Stoner, a man caught in violent collision with his past and present life. He believes there is nothing significant in his life except survival, and that instinct pushes him beyond moral conduct. He'll juggle the books, supply women for clients... and even set fire to his own dress manufacturing factory. He is drawn to an America when life...
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English
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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 apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar®-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays...
8) Out to sea
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Two men decide to become dance instructors on a cruise ship so they can meet women and con them out of money.
11) Grumpy old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
12) The front page
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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The story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married.
13) The grass harp
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Language
English
Description
After the death of his parents, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, Verena and Dolly Talbo. Verena rules the with a stern hand, while her older sister Dolly charms Collin with her gentle, romantic spirit. Together with the maid Catherine, they escape Verena's oppression by running away to an old tree house in the woods. However, their adventure sets off a series of events that will change the lives and futures of the entire town....
14) The great race
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a turn-of-the-century automobile race from New York to Paris.
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English
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Young listeners will adore these two inspirational children's stories that are accompanied by original music.
The History of Christmas. In this charming metaphor about the discovery of self-worth and the following of one's destiny, a grandfather tells the story of Jesus' birth and how he found his star.
The Smallest Mouse in Town convinces himself that he is a giant, and in the end, he proves that the most important thing is to be who you are no...
16) Some Like It Hot
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English
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This hysterical comedy from director Billy Wilder finds Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon masquerading as women in order to elude irate Chicago mobsters while befriending a beautiful singer (Marilyn Monroe).
18) Avanti!
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English
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In this hilarious romantic comedy from writer/director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond, wealthy American Wendell Armbruster, Jr. (Jack Lemmon) discovers true love when he is summoned to Italy after a car accident claims the lives of his father and his father's secret mistress. As the mistress' daughter (Juliet Mills) also arrives in town, the bodies of both of their parents disappear, and the two instant foes are brought together in a...
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Powered by Walter Matthau's Oscar®-winning performance (1967, Best Supporting Actor) and his chemistry with Jack Lemmon, this classic comedy showcases filmmaker Billy Wilder at his uproarious best. When TV cameraman Harry Hinkle (Lemmon) is accidentally clobbered during a football game by a 200-pound halfback, his brother-in-law, legal scoundrel "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Matthau), advises Harry to feign a serious injury so the two can split a cool...