The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

I.A.L. Diamond (writer)
Billy Wilder (writer)

Release Date:

19 octobre 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Romance

Accroche:

SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY!

Plot:

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

Plot Keywords:

Cameraman | Lawyer | Football | Law | Insurance

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

One to remember Walter Matthau for....

Ensemble

Jack Lemmon	...	Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau	...	Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich	...	Luther 'Boom Boom' Jackson
Judi West	...	Sandy Hinkle
Cliff Osmond	...	Purkey
Lurene Tuttle	...	Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe	...	O'Brien
Les Tremayne	...	Thompson
Lauren Gilbert	...	Kincaid
Marge Redmond	...	Charlotte Gingrich
Noam Pitlik	...	Max
Harry Davis	...	Dr. Krugman
Ann Shoemaker	...	Sister Veronica
Maryesther Denver	...	Nurse
Ned Glass	...	Doc Schindler

Autre(s) titre(s):

Meet Whiplash Willie (UK)
La grande combine (France) [fr]

Durée:

125 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | USA:Approved | New Zealand:G | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:U (video rating) | West Germany:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Municipal Stadium - 1085 W. Third Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Mirisch Corporation, The

Anecdotes:

Jack Lemmon originally had two other actors proposed to star with him, Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason, but he insisted that he do the picture with Walter Matthau.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Towards the beginning of the movie when Harry is wheeled out after his x-ray, his mother is crying over him. But more than once you can hear her sobbing, but plainly see that she's just standing still and looking at him.

Guillemet:

[to kids making a lot of noise]
Willie Gingrich: Why don't you kids go play on the freeway?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV)

One to remember Walter Matthau for....

If I had to buy a single movie showing Walter Matthau's genius as an actor, this may be the one, for as good as Jack Lemmon always is in a movie, Walter shines here as the shyster brother-in-law lawyer, and the Best Supporting Oscar was awarded to him rightly for this role. Matthau, always the man who acted through sicknesses went through a heart attack during this one. The scene that he runs up the stairs after receiving the settlement check, a keen eye could notice that he is thinner at the top of the stairs. That was because he shot that scene after his attack. This movie begins the long association with Lemmon/Matthau. The next movie was to be "The Odd Couple". What a great bunch of entertaining movies they were. And this was the first one.