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1968
105 min
The second and most memorable pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon as 2
divorcees trying to live together in a New York apartment.
"The Odd Couple" began as a play written by Neil Simon that was performed on
Broadway starting in 1965, starring Walter Matthau as Oscar and Art Carney
as Felix. Later in the show's run, Jack Klugman took over the role of Oscar.
In 1968, the play was made into a movie starring Walter Matthau as Oscar, and Jack Lemmon as Felix. The tv
show began in the fall of 1970, and it was produced by Garry Marshall (with no involvement from Neil Simon.)
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon were teamed in several films, most notably Billy Wilder's 1966 The Fortune Cookie and in the 1974 remake
of The Front Page and again in Buddy, Buddy (1981.) Matthau and Lemmon reteamed in 1993
for the surprise hit Grumpy Old Men and its sequel, Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Jack Lemmon passed away June 27, 2001, four days shy of the one year anniversary of Walter Matthau's passing.
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