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Walter Matthau
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Naughty Dennis Mitchell, a mischievous five-year-old rascal, is dedicated to making his forbearing next-door neighbor George Wilson's life miserable, even though he really doesn't mean it. But now that school is out for the summer, he has all the time in the world to channel his overbearingly excessive energy to his beloved pensioner who only wants to be left alone with his garden. Meanwhile, a tattered thief visits the town. Undoubtedly, Dennis only...
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Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy back into his life again. However, there is clear disapproval of her from his grown children, especially his eldest son Robert. As Frank and Florence grow closer in their relationship, Robert begins to change his perspective on their commitment and devotion to one another.
4) Plaza Suite
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Plaza Suite is a confection of three witty comedic episodes starring one of America's finest comic actors, Walter Matthau. The scene is Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. In the first scene, Matthau's wife (Maureen Stapleton), discovers that he is fooling around with his secretary. In the next episode, Matthau portrays a producer who calls an old flame for a rendezvous - but the lady has more on her mind than romance. In the final sequence,...
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Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh star in this dramatic comedy that centers around the appointment of the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. She is aggressive, witty, magnetic-and an arch-conservative. He is wry, opinionated and roundly liberal. One hundred and one men have preceded the new female justice to seats on the bench of the nation's highest court, but now it's eight men and her. All unanimously accept their new colleague-except Matthau,...
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1975.
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Academy Award winners George Burns and Walter Matthau star as Al Lewis and Willy Clark, the two former halves of a classic vaudeville comedy duo. Off stage they were bitter enemies, but on stage they were the hilarious SUNSHINE BOYS.They haven't spoken to each other for 20 years, but when Willy's nephew, Ben (Richard Benjamin) sells the pair to the network for a television special, all he has to do is get Al (Burns in an Oscar-winning role) and Willy...
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Paramount Pictures
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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...
9) Charade
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Regina finds herself pursued through the streets of Paris by several men in search of the fortune that her murdered husband stole from them. As her world becomes entangled with suspense, murder and plots twists, she finds herself leaning on a suave, charming stranger whose motives are unclear.
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Warner Home Video
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El niño de la tira cómica popular de Hank Ketcham crea problemas para su vecino sufrido George Wilson, mientras que, al mismo tiempo, frustra a un maleante del vecindario.
Hank Ketcham's popular comic-strip kid manages to create problems for his long-suffering neighbor George Wilson, while at the same time foiling a neighborhood villain.
12) Grumpier old men
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1995, 1997
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Grumpy Old Men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
14) I.Q
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Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
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All the world knows about Einstein the scientific genius. But what about Einstein the matchmaker? I.Q. puts this fanciful notion to the test and comes up with winning results in this fun, warm-hearted romantic comedy.
15) Gangster story
Publisher
Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
When an escaped jewel thief pulls off an unbelievable bank robbery, he catches the attention of the local crime boss, who wants a piece of the action.
16) Hanging up
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Three sisters struggle to deal with each other and their aging father.
Publisher
Random House Home Video/Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2002
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Two stories by Dr. Seuss. In the first story, a the Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise, Christmas comes anyway. In the second story, if Gerlad McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the ordinary animals go and fill the zoo with more unusual beasts from the far corners of the world.
19) Grumpy old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
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Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
20) Hello, Dolly
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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The unforgettable songs and lavish production numbers in this classic musical, directed by the legendary Gene Kelly, reach glorious heights. Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau star in the charming tale of Dolly Levi (Streisand), a New York matchmaker who falls in love with a wealthy bachelor from Yonkers named Horace (Matthau).
