The Odd Couple (1967):
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. Thats the premise of The Odd Couple, though theres nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The two veteran funny men work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleanliness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado. An enduring and endearing picture, with the intelligence one usually misses in comedies.
The Odd Couple II:
Its a comedy celebration as Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau reunite to reprise their roles as Felix and Oscar in Neil Simons The Odd Couple II. The times may have changed, but thankfully not the traits that make ex roomies Felix Ungar (Lemmon) and Oscar Madison (Matthau) the all time perfect mismatch. Oscar is still an uncompromising slob who thinks a brown sock and a black sock is close enough.
Felix is still a fuss bucket who cant pass a spice rack without arranging it alphabetically. After years of going their separate ways, the two are together again, en route to the wedding of Oscars son to Felixs daughter. Theyve got the map, the rental car, a thankful of Neil Simons comedy zingers, and theyre getting 1,000 smiles to the gallon
Title: Odd Couple 1 And 2: M15 1968
Format: DVD
Release Date: 05 Jul 2007
Actor(s): Jack Lemmon
Sku: 2195220
Catalogue No: DVD6847
Category: Comedy