| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen; DTS-HD Master Audio (English), Dolby Digital 1.0 (French, Spanish) ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English, French, or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. |
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Special features: Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon; featurettes: In the beginning, Matthau & Lemmon/Lemmon & Matthau, Memories from the set, Inside The Odd Couple, The Odd Couple: a classic; theatrical trailer. |
| Cast |
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Robert B. Hauser ; art director, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler ; music composer, Neal Hefti. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G; for very mild and brief adult-like-jokes, smoking scenes, and some references to alcohol CHV rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Following the collapse of his marriage, TV newswriter Felix Ungar decides to commit suicide in a cheap hotel room and fails. He dejectedly makes his way to the weekly poker game being held at the Riverside Drive apartment of his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced sportswriter. Felix accepts an invitation to share the eight room apartment, but his hypochondria and his compulsion for order and cleanliness drive the slovenly Oscar to distraction, and the two men are soon quarreling. |
| Subject |
Divorced men -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Roommates -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Television journalists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sportswriters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Saks, Gene, 1921- dir
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Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001, production personnel.
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Simon, Neil, screenwriter.
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Lemmon, Jack.
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Matthau, Walter.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
883929329670 |
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