Jack Lemmon
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English
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Jack Lemmon won an Oscar. for this dramatic performance, considered by many to be his finest. Lemmon plays Harry Stoner, a man caught in violent collision with his past and present life. He believes there is nothing significant in his life except survival, and that instinct pushes him beyond moral conduct. He'll juggle the books, supply women for clients... and even set fire to his own dress manufacturing factory. He is drawn to an America when life...
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English
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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...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon stars with Matthew Broderick in Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet's A LIFE IN THE THEATRE. In this sometimes funny, sometimes heartwarming portrait of art and angst, of what is possible and what is past, an aging veteran actor and a young neophyte share a dressing room during a season at a repertory theatre company.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A successful syndicated cartoonist is dedicated to living the bachelor life, complete with a devoted English butler-valet-confidante...until he awakens one morning after a wild stag party, only to discover that he married the sexy, sensual Italian beauty who popped out of the cake and barely speaks English. What's more...she doesn't believe in divorce. Now, how does the ultimate bachelor get rid of her? With the perfect murder scheme, of course!
10) Missing
Language
English
Description
Critically acclaimed political drama about a father's search for his missing son in Latin America.
11) 12 Angry Men
Publisher
MGM
Language
English
Description
Life is in their hands…death is on their minds. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead the distinctive cast in this powerful, classic film. Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best...
12) Save the Tiger
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
Jack Lemmon plays Harry Stoner, a man caught in violent collision with his past and present life. He believes there is nothing significant in his life except survival, and that instinct pushes him beyond moral conduct. Winner of Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Lemmon) and nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Gilford) and Best Adapted Screenplay at the **Academy Awards**. Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Supporting...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routine at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred: a nuclear accident that could have wiped out Southern California. And Richard caught it all on tape. When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb....
14) The odd couple
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 7
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
15) Mister Roberts
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
16) The grass harp
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A teenaged boy is sent to live with his aunts in a small Southern town in the 1930's.
18) Some like it hot
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Language
English
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Description
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians in an all-girl band.
19) Short cuts
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving.
Series
Shout select volume 107
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an office full of New York City real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon), who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson (Kevin Spacey), but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss (Ed Harris) comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the...