Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Brian Drillinger, Stacey Glick, Jason Alexander, Richard Bright, David Margulies, Steven Hill
Another screen version of a Neil Simon hit play about a Jewish boy growing up in suburban New York City.
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 Bye Bye Birdie 1995  TV, 135 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Marc Kudisch, Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Chynna Phillips, George Wendt, Tyne Daly, Jason Gaffney, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Jay Brazeau, Gary Chalk
This remake of the 1963 film is closer to the Broadway play but just doesn't match up with Dick Van Dyke's version. Nonetheless, it is still entertaining.
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Cactus Flower 1969 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Vito Scotti, Irene Hervey, Rick Lenz, Eve Bruce, Irwin Charone, Matthew Saks
Goldie Hawn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in her role of the mistress of a dentist (Walter Matthau). Twists and turns of the plot evolve as the dentist coerces his secretary (Ingrid Bergman) to pretend to be his wife.
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I.Q. 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau, Charles Durning, Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks, Joseph Maher, Stephen Fry, Frank Whaley, Tony Shalhoub, Keene Curtis, Alice Playten, Danny Zorn, Helen Hanft
With Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) playing Cupid, Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan) and Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) find each other in this romantic comedy. Ed starts out as an automobile mechanic (great looks–not so great mentality), but Einstein tutors him so that he can impress mathematician Catherine. It works.
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Lovesick 1983 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marshall Brickman
Cast: Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern, John Huston, Wallace Shawn, Alan King, Renee Taylor, Ron Silver, Gene Saks, David Strathairn, Christine Baranski, Kent Broadhurst, Anne DeSalvo
Saul Benjamin (Dudley Moore) is a married psychiatrist who is about to commit the #1 professional taboo: he is falling in love with his patient Chloe Allen (Elizabeth McGovern). He ignores the advice of Sigmund Freud's ghost (Alec Guinness) and enters into a passionate affair with Chloe. Will he eventually heed Freud's advice or continue with the affair?
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Mame 1974   PG, 132 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Beatrice Arthur, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Doria Cook-Nelson, Don Porter, John McGiver, Audrey Christie, Bobbie Jordan, Patrick Labyorteaux, Lucille Benson, Ruth McDevitt
In this film version of Patrick Dennis' novel–not to be confused with "Auntie Mame" (1958)–Lucille Ball is cast in the title role of Mame who during the 1930s' Depression Era enrolls her nephew Patrick (Kirby Furlong) in a private school and, with help from her friend Vera (Bea Arthur), tries to get into show business. Mame's financial problems are solved when she falls in love with and marries well-to-do Southerner Beauregard Jackson (Robert Preston) and goes to live with him on his plantation. Later, Beauregard dies, and Mame is left to contend with grown-up Patrick (now played by Bruce Davison), his girlfriend Gloria (Doria Cook-Nelson), and her bourgeoisie parents (Audrey Christie and Don Porter). 2 User Reviews
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| | Lucy was Wonderful | Lucy1 08/11/2007 | | Lucille Ball was wonderful as the eccentric auntie Mame. Lucy was better then the loud english woman ( Angela Lansbury) So Enjoy Lucy in this wonderful Musical Comedy !!!!!!!!! I Love Lucy !!!!!!!! |
| | Lucy was good | Dana 101 08/11/2007 | | I love old fashion musicals with lovely music and costumes. Lucy was a 1st class actress with a lot of talent. we miss you lucy - Dana- |
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Nobody's Fool 1994  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Dent, Jay Patterson, Alexander Goodwin, Carl J. Matusovich, Jerry Mayer
This comedy/drama was Jessica Tandy's last picture. It is also one of the year's best. Tandy plays Sully Sullivan's (Paul Newman) landlady, Mrs. Beryl, in this story about 60-year-old Sully who hasn't seen or spoken to his ex-wife in many years. Both Sully and his best friend Rub (Pruitt Taylor Vince) do enjoy flirting with Toby (Melanie Griffith) who is married to local contractor Carl (Bruce Willis) who sometimes gives Sully work. Changes begin for Sully when his son Peter (Dylan Walsh) arrives in town for Thanksgiving, and Sully learns that he has a grandson. Now, Sully decides that the holiday season is the time to start fixing up broken relationships. Newman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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 The Odd Couple 1968 G, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, David Sheiner, Larry Haines, Iris Adrian, Patricia D. Bohannon, Billie Bird, Ted Beniades, John C. Becher, Al Barlick, Matty Alou
This is one of Neil Simon's best and most popular comedies. Felix Ungar's (Jack Lemmon) wife has thrown him out, and, after contemplating suicide, Felix decides to move into his best friend Oscar Madison's (Walter Matthau) apartment. Oscar's wife is also divorcing him, and the temporary move makes sense. But, Felix is a compulsive organizer, and Oscar is an excessive slob. Will their opposite personalities make or break the possibility of their living in the same apartment?
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 The One and Only 1978 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Harold Gould, Herve Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr., Peter Brocco, Bill Baldwin Sr.
Andy (Henry Winkler) is a failure as an actor–until he applies those same skills to the wrestling world.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley, Sylvester Stallone, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Ivor Francis, Maxine Stuart
This Neil Simon film is about an executive, Mel (Jack Lemmon), facing a nervous breakdown following the loss of his job. This is a very entertaining movie and has the added bonus of future stars playing minor roles. Among them are Sylvester Stallone as an alleged pickpocket and F. Murray Abraham as a taxi driver.
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| 1. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
2. Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
3. Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
4. Cactus Flower (1969)
5. I.Q. (1994)
6. Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
7. Lovesick (1983)
8. Mame (1974)
9. Nobody's Fool (1994)
10. The Odd Couple (1968)
11. The One and Only (1978)
12. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
13. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
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