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Synopsis: Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide. His friends sense his depression and one of them, Oscar (Walter Matthau), volunteers to take him in until he is fine again. The two of them are like chalk and cheese - Oscar is fun-loving, gregarious and slovenly, Felix is a shy, stay-at-home, obsessive-compulsive neat-freak. Being around Oscar brightens Felix up, but he quickly starts to irritate Oscar.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Gene Saks
Production: Paramount Home Video
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
G
Year:
1968
105 min
6,270 Views


broke, and sloppy.

Hello, sweetheart.

Yes, darling.

Yes. Listen, darling,

I told you not to call me

during the game.

I can't talk to you now.

Hee hee hee!

You know I do, darling.

Yeah. Hold on just a second.

Murray, it's your wife.

I wish you were having

an affair with her.

Then she wouldn't bother me.

Hello, Mimi.

"What time are you

coming home?"

"About 12:
00, 12:30."

About 12:
00, 12:30.

Why, what do you want, Mimi?

A corned-beef sandwich

and strawberry malted?

Is she pregnant again?

No, just fat.

How could you hear?

I had the phone over my chest.

Who, Felix?

No, he didn't show up tonight.

What's wrong?

You're kidding.

No. How should I know?

All right, all right, Mimi.

I'll take care of it.

Goodbye.

What did I tell you?

Felix is missing.

What do you mean, missing?

He didn't go to work

or come home.

Nobody knows where he is.

Mimi just spoke to his wife.

Wait. No one

is missing for one day.

Maybe he had an accident.

They would have heard.

If he's in a gutter,

who would know him?

He's got 92 credit cards.

When something happens to him,

America lights up.

I'll call his wife.

I thought he looked edgy

the last couple of weeks.

Didn't you think he looked edgy?

No. I thought you looked edgy.

Frances. How are you? Oscar.

Yeah. Yeah, I just heard.

Tell her not to worry.

You know women.

Listen, Frances, the most

important thing is not to worry.

Oh. She's not worried.

Frances, do you have any idea

where he could be?

You what? You're kidding.

Oh, no. I...I didn't know.

Yeah. No, he never told me. Yeah.

All right. Yeah.

Listen, Frances, you sit tight,

and the minute I hear anything,

I'll let you know.

All right. OK. Goodbye.

You going to tell us,

or do we hire

a private detective?

They broke up.

Who?

Who? Felix and Frances who.

They broke up.

The entire marriage is through.

You're kidding.

After 12 years?

They were such a happy couple.

He'll go to pieces.

He'll try something crazy.

That's all he talked about...

his wife and kids.

He'll kill himself.

You hear what I'm saying?

He'll kill himself!

Stop being a cop

for two minutes!

Where did he go?

He went to kill himself.

Are you serious?

She said he didn't

want to do it at home

because the kids were sleeping.

Why?

Because Felix is a nut.

Did he say, "I'm going

to kill myself"?

I don't know.

She didn't read it to me.

He left a note?

No. He sent a telegram.

A suicide telegram?

Who sends a suicide telegram?

Felix the nut, that's who.

Can you imagine getting it?

She even has to

tip the kid a quarter.

Maybe he's bluffing.

We get these every day.

All they want is sympathy.

We got a guy who

calls every Saturday

from the George

Washington Bridge.

You never can tell

what a guy will do

when he's hysterical.

they don't jump.

What about the 10th time?

They jump. He's right.

There's a possibility.

Not with Felix.

He's too nervous to kill himself.

He wears his seat belt

in a drive-in movie.

If you're going to

kill yourself,

where's the safest place

to do it?

With your friends, right?

Open the door!

He may be hysterical.

Let's play it nice and easy.

Like they do

to those guys on a ledge.

What do we say?

Nothing.

Are you through

with this discussion?

He could have hung himself

in the hall.

Vinnie, open the door.

Remember, like we

don't know nothing.

Oh, hi, Felix.

Hi.

Hey, fellas.

Hi, Felix.

Hi, Felix.

How's the game going?

Good.

Very nice.

Good.

Good, good.

Sorry I'm late.

Any...Any ginger ale left?

Ginger ale?

No, I don't think so.

I got some root beer.

Nope. Felt like a ginger ale.

Somehow, I don't feel

like a root beer...

tonight.

What's the bet?

You bet a quarter.

It's up to Murray.

Murray, what do you say?

Murray?

Murray!

Murray.

What? What?

It's up to you.

Why's it always up to me?

It's not. What do you do?

I'm in.

Um...anybody

call about me?

Call about you?

No...no, not that

I can remember.

Why, were you expecting a call?

Did anyone call for Felix?

- No.

- No.

Were you expecting a call?

Uh, no, I was just asking.

I raise a dollar.

Costs me $1 .25 then, right?

Right.

I just thought somebody

might have called.

Uh, nobody called, nobody called.

What does it cost me

to play again?

$1 .25. For God's sake,

pay attention!

All right, take it easy, everyone.

Calm down.

He makes me nervous!

You make everybody nervous!

I'm sorry! I'll kill myself!

Murray!

Oh, sorry.

That's a pretty view from here.

What is it, 12 floors?

No! It's only 11 floors,

that's all.

See, it's only 11 floors.

It says 12,

but it's only 11 .

Gee, it's chilly in here.

Isn't it chilly in here?

Yes. Very chilly.

Want to play, Felix?

It's still early.

We're in no rush.

We'll be here till 3:00,

I don't know, I just...

don't feel much

like playing right now.

What do you feel like doing?

I don't know.

I'll think of something.

Where are you going?

To the john.

Alone?

I always go alone. Why?

No reason.

You going to be in there long?

Long as it takes.

Are you crazy, letting him

go to the john alone?

Suppose he tries

to kill himself?

How can he kill himself

in the john?

Razor blades, poison...

That's the kids' bathroom.

Maybe he could

brush his teeth to death.

He could jump!

Isn't there a window?

It's only 6 inches wide.

He could break it

and cut his wrists.

He could flush himself

into the East River.

He's not going to try anything.

Listen. Listen.

He's crying.

You hear that? He's crying.

Isn't that terrible? For God's

sakes, Oscar, say something.

What do you say to a man

who's crying in your bathroom?

He's coming.

He's coming.

Sit down! Sit down.

Well, I...

I guess I'll just be

running along...

Oh, Felix.

Felix.

Felix, wait a minute.

Fellas, I can't talk now.

We're your best friends.

Fellas, please, no!

Talk to us.

There's nothing to talk about.

There's just nothing

to say, Oscar.

It's over.

Let me go, please.

Let him go.

Leave me alone.

Stop him!

Come back here!

Get him! Get him!

Stop, Felix!

Felix! Felix!

Break it down!

Break it down!

Let's break the door down.

Break it in.

Felix!

He jumped.

What?

Ow!

[Thud]

[Felix]

My back.

Oh, my back!

My back!

My back.

My back.

Ohh, the back!

Ah! Oh!

Ohh.

Would you

leave me alone?

Ow. My stomach.

What's

the matter?

Nothing's the matter

with my stomach.

I didn't take anything.

Leave me alone.

What did you take?

I didn't take anything.

Don't tell Frances

what I did.

He took pills.

What kind of pills?

Little green ones

out of her medicine cabinet.

Don't call Frances.

When did you

take these pills?

A couple of hours ago.

You won't call her?

How many pills

did you take?

I can't remember.

I think a whole bottle.

A whole bottle

of pills?

My God!

Get an ambulance!

We don't even

know what kind.

He took

a whole bottle.

Maybe they

were vitamins.

He could be

the healthiest one here.

Walk him around.

Don't let him sleep.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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