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Director:
John Erman
Writers (WGA):
Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (teleplay)
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Release Date:
28 December 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Neil Simon wrote this updated version of his 1972 Broadway play about a film agent's efforts to recombine the once famous comedy pair Lewis and Clark... more | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
Brazil:120 min | USA:120 min (including commercials) | USA:90 min | Germany:84 min | Argentina:120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

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Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "The Sunshine Boys" by Neil Simonopened at the Broadhurst Theater in New York on December 20, 1972, ran for 538 performances and was nominated for the 1973 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. more
Quotes:
Willie Clark: I invented comedy!
Al Lewis: The same night you designed the Titanic.
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Movie Connections:
Version of The Sunshine Boys (1975) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Disappointed, 9 May 2008
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Author: LatigoMeans from Harrisburg, PA

I was so looking forward to seeing this remake/rewrite having missed it when it was originally broadcast. I so enjoyed the original with Burns and Matthau, and always wondered what the pairing of Falk and Allen would bring to the story. Alas, very little. Allen was better than OK, but Falk seemed totally miscast. This is strange as I find his work in comedies is usually very good. But as has been mentioned in other comments here, there was absolutely no chemistry between the two actors. I think the reason was Allen took his role to a newer place while keeping the basis of the relationship between his character and Falk's true to the story. He didn't play George Burns playing Lewis. He let his personality and comic delivery take over the role. Falk, on the other hand, didn't seem to rise above the Willy Clark as done by Walter Matthau. He didn't even seem to me to have ever been Allen's comic partner. Just not his role. Unfair to compare the two versions? Perhaps, but if one is going to try and redo what was done so well before, one has to expect the yardstick to be what it is.

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