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Within Vinony's link graph, Buddy Buddy is referenced by 79 other articles, and connects out to George Bernard Shaw, International Standard Book Number and Clint Eastwood.
It sits within the topics 1980s screwball comedy films, 1981 American films and 1981 comedy films.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
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6.2During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Released: 1981-04-0296 minDir: Billy WilderComedy, CrimeBudget: $10.0MBox office: $7.3M
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Victor Clooney
- Walter Matthau as Trabucco
- Paula Prentiss as Celia Clooney
- Klaus Kinski as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
- Dana Elcar as Capt. Hubris
- Miles Chapin as Eddie, the Bellhop
Themes
- hotel
- island
- hitman
- suicide attempt
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
5,378 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- L'emmerdeur
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenwriter
- Francis Veber
- Cast member
- Neile Adams
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- Charles Matthau
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 910975
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-04-02
- title
- Buddy Buddy
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 63%
- film format
- 35 mm film
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 7258543
Sources (10)
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Gallery (5)
Connections
George Bernard Shaw
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Clint Eastwood
Person
IMDb
Entity
The New York Times
Entity
Charles Bronson
Entity
Roger Ebert
Entity
Riverside
Entity
Some Like It Hot
Entity
Jack Lemmon
Entity
sniper
Entity
Billy Wilder
Entity
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Company
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
Simon Wiesenthal
Entity
Walter Matthau
Entity
comedy film
Entity
Culver City
Entity
Klaus Kinski
Entity
Sunset Boulevard
Entity
Categories
1980s screwball comedy films1981 American films1981 comedy films1981 English-language films1981 filmsAmerican buddy comedy filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican remakes of French filmsAmerican screwball comedy filmsCinema International Corporation filmsFilms about contract killing in the United StatesFilms based on adaptationsFilms based on works by Francis VeberFilms directed by Billy WilderFilms scored by Lalo SchifrinFilms set in Riverside County, CaliforniaFilms with screenplays by Billy WilderFilms with screenplays by I. A. L. DiamondMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release dateUnited Artists films