The Odd Couple [Blu-ray]

Director: Gene Saks Gene Saks

Overview

In this film, compulsive neatnik Felix Unger is thrown out of his house by his wife. He gravitates to the apartment of his best friend, incorrigibly-sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison. Oscar invites Felix to move in with him, but within days the mismatched pair is on the verge of mutual murder.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/11/2020
UPC:	0032429336675
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	G
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	17,994

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Walter Matthau	Oscar Madison
Jack Lemmon	Felix Unger
Monica Evans	Cecily
Carole Shelley	Gwendolyn
John Fiedler	Vinnie
Herb Edelman	Murray
David Sheiner	Roy
Larry Haines	Speed
Iris Adrian	Waitress
Heywood Hale Broun	Sportswriter
John C. Becher	Hotel Clerk
Roberto Clemente	Themselves Baseball Player
Matty Alou	Themselves Baseball Player
Maury Wills	Themselves Baseball Player
Vernon Law	Themselves Baseball Player
Ken Boyer	Themselves Baseball Player
Bud Harrelson	Themselves Baseball Player
Jerry Buchek	Themselves Baseball Player
Ed Kranepool	Themselves Baseball Player
Maury Allen	Actor
Neal Hefti	Composer

Technical Credits

Neil Simon

Gene Saks	Director
Neil Simon	Screenwriter,Playwright
Howard W. Koch	Producer
Paul K. Lerpae	Special Effects
Charles Grenzbach	Sound/Sound Designer
John Carter	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Perhaps the funniest film version of a Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple benefits from the superb comic interaction of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. It was Matthau and Lemmon's second movie together (following 1966's similar Fortune Cookie), though it would not be their last. Adapted for the screen by the playwright and helmed by Broadway director Gene Saks, the film successfully walked a fine line between sheer comedy and sincere drama. Matthau and Lemmon would re-team for the rest of their careers, but never with the vitality that they exhibited in this film. The Odd Couple was later a popular, long-running television show, with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in the Lemmon and Matthau roles.