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A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 7 nominations total
Rosetta LeNoire
- Odessa - Willy's Nurse
- (as Rosetta Le Noire)
Jennifer Lee Pryor
- Helen Clark
- (as Jennifer Lee)
- Director
- Writer
- Neil Simon(uncredited)
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- TriviaGeorge Burns turned up at rehearsals having learned the entire film script by heart. Burns figured that this would make it harder for the producers to fire him if they wanted to.
- GoofsBen refers to the Actors' Home as being in New Brunswick, NJ. It is, in fact, in Englewood.
- Quotes
Ben Clark: I'm getting chest pains. You give me chest pains!
Willy Clark: It's my fault you get excited?
Ben Clark: Yes! I only get chest pains on Wednesdays!
Willy Clark: So come Tuesdays.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Sunshine Boys (1975)
- SoundtracksMake 'Em Laugh
(uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Arranged by Conrad Salinger
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One of Neil Simon's Best Screen Adaptations...
THE SUNSHINE BOYS was the hilarious 1975 screen adaptation of Neil Simon's play about a retired vaudevillian team, played by Walter Matthau and George Burns, who had a very bitter breakup and have been asked to reunite one more time for a television special or something like that. The problem is that the two still hate each other and want nothing to do with each other. Richard Benjamin appears as Matthau's nephew, a theatrical agent who has been given the monumental responsibility of making this reunion a reality. This warm and winning comedy is a lovely valentine to a forgotten form of entertainment...vaudeville and it works mainly thanks to one of Neil Simon's better screenplays and outstanding work by Matthau, Burns, and Benjamin. Burns won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this, but I think Matthau walks away with this film with his flawlessly hilarious performance as Willy Clark. Matthau was nominated for Best Actor but didn't stand a chance against Nicholson for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST; however, in another year, this was an Oscar-worthy performance. Matthau commands the screen and there is not a false note in this beautifully timed performance. The scene where he is auditioning for a potato chip commercial and can't get the name of the product right is a classic. THE SUNSHINE BOYS is a warm and winning Neil Simon comedy which shines thanks to unbeatable chemistry between Matthau and Burns.
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- Ansonia Hotel - 74th & Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(exteriors of Willy's apartment)
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