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Description
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Three-disc set includes:
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* The Cheap Detective (1978)
Neil Simon penned this hilarious homage to Bogey-like detective
flicks. Peter Falk plays a wise-cracking gumshoe on a mysterious
case who encounters a line-up of zanies that resemble characters
out of 1940s movies. Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, James Coco,
John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, and Dom DeLuise head the all-star
supporting cast. 92 min. C/Rtg: PG
* Chapter Two (1979)
Drawing from his own life, Neil Simon crafted this comedy-drama
about a successful Broadway playwright (James Caan) who struggles
with the guilt of falling in love with an attractive actress
(Marsha Mason), while still mourning the loss of his beloved
first wife. Co-stars Valerie Harper, Joseph Bologna. 126 min.
C/Rtg: PG
* Only When I Laugh (1981)
Having just emerged from alcohol rehab, veteran Broadway actress
Georgia Hines (Marsha Mason) had plenty of trepidation about her
pending comeback project. Will the stress of returning to
work--as well as having the teenage daughter (Kristy McNichol)
she lost custody of wanting to re-enter her life--undo the
sobriety she struggled so hard to achieve? Neil Simon adapted his
poignant comedy-drama "The Gingerbread Lady" for the screen;
James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes also star. 120 min. C/Rtg:
R
* The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Neil Simon once again explores the wobbly relationship between
young marrieds in this comedy about the effect their careers have
on the marriage of baseball player Michael O'Keefe and rock
singer Rebecca De Mornay. Co-stars Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid;
directed by Hal Ashby. 104 min. C/Rtg: PG-13
* Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Set in New York in 1942, Neil Simon's sensitive, often funny
award-winning story centers on the dysfunctional family of an
elderly, iron-willed candy store owner (Irene Worth). Among the
members of her clan are Uncle Louie (Richard Dreyfuss), a brother
in trouble with the mob; and Bella (Mercedes Ruehl), her neurotic
36-year-old daughter. David Strathairn also stars. Directed by
Martha Coolidge. 114 min. C/Rtg: PG
* Jake's Women (1996)
Jake (Alan Alda) is a writer with an overactive imagination. He
spends all his time talking to his daughter (Kimberly Williams),
his sister (Julie Kavner), and his therapist (Joyce Van Patten).
There's just one problem: the women are never actually there for
the conversations. Can Jake use his creative thoughts to dream up
a solution to his real-life troubles with his wife (Anne Archer)?
Mira Sorvino, Lolita Davidovich co-star in this sweet and funny
tale from the pen of Neil Simon. 93 min. C/Rtg: NR
* London Suite (1996)
Zesty adaptation of Neil Simon's play about a disparate group of
tourists whose lives converge over the course of one day at an
English hotel. Among the travellers are newlyweds (Jonathan
Silverman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who've lost their luggage,
tennis fans (Michael Richards and Julie Hagerty) who've lost
their Wimbledon tickets, and an actress (Patricia Clarkson) whose
ex-husband (Kelsey Grammer) is hitting her up for a loan for his
gay lover. With Madeline Kahn, Kristen Johnston, Richard
Mulligan. 90 min. C/Rtg: NR
* The Sunshine Boys (1996)
Woody Allen and Peter Falk star as the former comedy partners
who, after years of animosity, agree to reunite for a big-budget
movie, only to have their long-simmering feud boil over again.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Edie Falco, Liev Schreiber, and Michael
McKean also star in Neil Simon's updating of his hilarious 1972
Broadway play. 120 min. C/Rtg: NR
Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.