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The Odd Couple II is a 1998 American buddy comedy film and the sequel to the 1968 film The Odd Couple. It is the final film written and produced by Neil Simon, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Released nearly three decades later, it is unusual among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of a subsequent film.
She played a stripping nun in the comedy film Good-bye, Cruel World (1983), and appeared in such cult classic features as The Lost Empire (1984), Repo Man (1984), Biohazard (1985), and Mike Jittlov's film The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989), where she played an assistant to a movie executive (and designed her own costumes).
The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Neil Simon, based on his 1965 play.It stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as two divorced men—neurotic neat-freak Felix Ungar and fun-loving slob Oscar Madison—who decide to live together.
Highest-grossing films of 1998 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Saving Private Ryan: DreamWorks Distribution: $216,540,909 2 Armageddon: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: $201,578,182 3 There's Something About Mary: Twentieth Century Fox: $176,484,651 4 A Bug's Life: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: $162,798,565 5 The Waterboy
The story revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple living on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.Mel Edison has just lost his job after 22 years of faithful service, and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an economic recession.
Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) and Walter Matthau (1920–2000) were a pair of American male actors [1] [2] who starred in ten films together, [3] co-starring in eight of them. In addition, Lemmon directed Kotch (1971), which starred Matthau (and had an uncredited cameo by Lemmon).
The film was a surprise hit. Later in the decade, they starred together in The Grass Harp (1995), Grumpier Old Men (1995), Out to Sea (1997), and The Odd Couple II (1998). While Grumpier Old Men grossed slightly more than its predecessor, The Odd Couple II was a box-office disappointment. [15]
April 10, 1998: The Odd Couple II: co-production with Cort/Madden Productions: April 24, 1998: Sliding Doors [N 4] distribution in the U.S. home media, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand only; co-acquisition with Miramax Films; [29] produced by Intermedia Films and Mirage Enterprises: May 8, 1998: Deep Impact [N 5]