Neil Simon
Author
Series
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The final installment of the playwright Neil Simon's acclaimed biographical Eugene Trilogy, preceded by Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. Having returned from World War II, Eugene Jerome and his brother Stanley pair up to break into the world of professional comedy writing. Inspiration strikes when they aim their sights on their dysfunctional family – and the network broadcasts it nationwide! A Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee for Best...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in Yonkers, New York in 1942, two boys, aged 13 and 16, must spend one year with their austere and demanding grandmother. While the war rages in Europe, Jay and Arty learn the ropes from Uncle Louie and assorted relatives, all peculiar characters. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Gia Carides, Dan Castellaneta, Ben Diskin, Arye Gross, Roxanne Hart and Kenneth Schmidt.
Series
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...
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a woman's boyfriend sublets her apartment right out from under her and she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comic, hate-love relationship.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (586 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New Yorkers Felix Unger and Oscar Madison try to live together as roommates despite the fact that one is a neat freak and the other is a total slob. In this season, Felix announces to Oscar his plans to win back Gloria, but Oscar is more concerned about getting rid of his own ex-wife.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man tries to reunite two retired vaudeville comedians, who had audiences rolling in the aisles with their comedy antics -- but offstage, they spent 43 years in constant mutual irritation.
11) Biloxi blues
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eugene has been sent to boot camp where he encounters lots of new experiences.
12) After the fox
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wildly funny farce that gives the comic genius of Peter Sellers free reign as he assumes several wacky personalities, each one funnier than the last!
14) Murder by death
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lionel Twain, an eccentric millionaire, invites five famous detectives to dinner and reveals to them that someone will die at midnight.
Publisher
CBS DVD / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. It's not long after Oscar lets Felix move in that Oscar fears he's made a monumental mistake. Despite how exasperated they make each other, in the end, these mismatched friends agree they can help each other move on from their divorces and somehow make this crazy living arrangement work.
16) The Marrying Man
Author
Language
English
Description
Millionaire playboy Charley Pearl has got it all, and he's about to marry the daughter of the most powerful man in Hollywood. But then he meets sultry Las Vegas lounge singer Vicki Anderson, and it's lust at first sight!
17) The Odd Couple
Author
Language
English
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...
18) Plaza Suite
Author
Language
English
Description
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,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on a play by Neil Simon, this comedy concerns Barney Cashman (Alan Arkin), the owner of successful seafood restaurant who is stuck in the depths of a mid-life crisis. Barney's marriage is no longer providing him with a sense of romantic adventure, and when he discovers his mother's apartment is empty one day a week, he decides that a series of extra-marital affairs is just what he needs. However, Barney's career as a spoiler of women quickly...
Author
Language
English
Description
Make love, not war... and tell a lot of jokes! Based on the stage success by Neil Simon (The Odd Couple, The Goodbye Girl), Star Spangled Girl is a boys-meet-girl romantic romp that tosses a bouquet of one-liners at the flower power era. The girl is Sandy Duncan (The Hogan Family). The boys are Tony Roberts (Annie Hall) and Todd Susman (Newhart). She - red, white and blue and funny all over - is an aspiring Olympic swimmer. They are the poison pens...