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Original title:Jack Lemmon: Americau0027s Everyman
Category:Movie / Documentary
Released:1996
Director:Gene Feldman,Suzette Winter
Actors:Charles Durning,Betty Garrett,Garson Kanin
Writer:Gene Feldman,Suzette Winter
Budget:$500,000
Duration:50min
Video type:Movie

Rating 6.5: Votes 715

1996 Charles Durning Betty Garrett Garson Kanin Gene Feldman Suzette Winter

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John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III, was born on February 8, 1925. An only child, he was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and was that rarity among Hollywood stars, a man with affectionate memories of his parents. Graduating from Harvard, Jack headed for New York City to become a professional actor. A job playing piano to silent movies gave him the chance to study comics like Keaton and Chaplin up close. His first acting was on soap opera and live TV drama. But it was his appearance in a Broadway revival of Room Service that led to a co-starring role with Judy Holliday in his first movie, It Should Happen To You (1954). However, Jack had no intention of "going Hollywood" and he adamantly refused to change his name. His unmistakable intellect and his boyish but average looks played against him becoming a romantic leading man. But his live TV and comedy training gave him the perfect timing, the precise emotional balance and the total believability that showed in films as diverse as Mister ...

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Author: Maldarbaq

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

*** (out of 4)

Fun, 50-minute documentary taking a look at the career of Jack Lemmon. This documentary features interviews with Walter Matthau, Billy Wilder, Gregory Peck, Charles Durning, Betty Garrett and Kevin Spacey as they discuss what makes Lemmon so great to watch on the screen. Best of all is that we also get an interview with Lemmon who constantly talks about his career, some of his favorite performances and other things like why he wanted to become an actor. If you're a fan of Lemmon then this here is going to be a must see because of getting to hear him discuss his career. Hearing his thoughts on THE APARTMENT, MISTER ROBERTS, SAVE THE TIGER and his work with Matthau is quite priceless and it's also fascinating to learn of his theory that if a part scares him then he must do it. At just 50-minutes there's certainly no way that the film gets into everyone of his films and one wishes that the time was longer but for the most part I think this is a good enough of a way for a fan to be entertained and if you're not a fan you at least will get to see what made Lemmon so special.

Credited cast:
	Charles Durning
	Betty Garrett
	Garson Kanin	-	Himself
	Jack Lemmon	-	Himself
	Walter Matthau	-	Himself
	Gregory Peck
	Neil Simon	-	Himself
	Kevin Spacey
	Maureen Stapleton	-	Herself
	Billy Wilder	-	Himself

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