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The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks and written by Neil Simon. The screenplay is based on Simon’s work of the same name. The film stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, with supporting roles by John Fiedler and Herb Edelman. Howard W. Koch served as producer, while Neal Hefti composed the music. Hal Pereira designed the production.
Set in New York City during the 1960s, the narrative focuses on coliving, divorce, and single persons. It is classified as a buddy film and was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The movie has a runtime of 105 to 106 minutes and was released in various formats, including video on demand.
The film received nominations for Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It holds a vote average of 7.426 on TMDb and a rating of 7.6 on IMDb. The production budget was 1,200,000, generating a revenue of 44,527,234. It is part of The Odd Couple Collection.
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7.4In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar
- Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison
- John Fiedler as Vinnie
- Herb Edelman as Murray
- David Sheiner as Roy
- Monica Evans as Cecily
Themes
- new york city
- roommates
- male friendship
- based on play or musical
- obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)
- poker game
- divorced man
- 1960s
- eccentric man
- neat freak
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- The Odd Couple II
- Based on
- The Odd Couple
- Main subject
- single person
- Director
- Gene Saks
- Screenwriter
- Neil Simon
- Cast member
- Larry Haines
- Composer
- Neal Hefti
- Producer
- Howard W. Koch
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 752430
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1968-05-02
- title
- The Odd Couple
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Neil Simon
- production designer
- Hal Pereira
- set in period
- 1960s
- review score
- 86/100
- capital cost
- 1200000
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