Movie Marathon (Part 3)

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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
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ninja’d by the good doctor, so…

Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys

-“BB”-

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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Charley Varrick
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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Charley Varrick
  7. Cactus Flower
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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Charley Varrick
  7. Cactus Flower
  8. Hopscotch

Including his Oscar-worthy impersonation of Eleanor Roosevelt. :laughing:

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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Charley Varrick
  7. Cactus Flower
  8. Hopscotch
  9. The Bad News Bears
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Films of Walter Matthau

  1. House Calls
  2. The Front Page (1974)
  3. Grumpy Old Men
  4. The Sunshine Boys
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Charley Varrick
  7. Cactus Flower
  8. Hopscotch
  9. The Bad News Bears
  10. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Including an unfortunate scene in which his character is shown to be racist against a group of visiting Japanese transit officials.

Next up:

The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome

It also marked the start of Wilford Brimley’s 50-year career playing 60-year-old men. :wink:

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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Save the Tiger
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Save the Tiger
  7. Irma la Douce
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Save the Tiger
  7. Irma la Douce
  8. The Great Race
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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Save the Tiger
  7. Irma la Douce
  8. The Great Race
  9. Tribute

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance, but I found the character incredibly annoying

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The films of Jack Lemmon

  1. Grumpy Old Men
  2. Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. The Apartment
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. The Odd Couple
  6. Save the Tiger
  7. Irma la Douce
  8. The Great Race
  9. Tribute
  10. My fellow Americans

Movies that take place almost entirely on a single set.

  1. The telephone (1988)

A surprisingly good mostly one woman show staring Whoopie Goldberg all taking place in her apartment except for a brief scene of her walking to the apartment at the beginning.

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Movies that take place almost entirely on a single set.

  1. The telephone (1988)
  2. 12 Angry Men
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Movies that take place almost entirely on a single set.

  1. The Telephone (1988)
  2. 12 Angry Men
  3. Phone Booth