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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

You Only Thought You Knew Him...

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 33M

Director : Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter

Synopsis

Jack Lemmon made over sixty films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement was enriched by new challenges in which he exposed the vulnerability and emotion of the later years as few had dared. He reveled in his ongoing screen partnerships with directors like Billy Wilder and stars like Walter Matthau. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon, this documentary includes interviews with Lemmon's son, the actor Chris Lemmon. Also appearing are such legends as Jack's life-long friend, the writer and director Billy Wilder, writer-director Garson Kanin, drama teacher Uta Hagen, and actor Gregory Peck. Actors Charles Durning, Maureen Stapleton, Betty Garrett, and Kevin Spacey, writer Neil Simon, director Delbert Mann, and other Hollywood luminaries help complete the profile. Clips from some of Lemmon's major films as well as archival footage add to this portrait of one of our most illustrious and productive stars

Actors

Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Self
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Self
Chris Lemmon
Chris Lemmon
Self
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Self
Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton
Self
Betty Garrett
Betty Garrett
Self
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Self
Charles Durning
Charles Durning
Self
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
Self
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Self
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Self

Crews

Gene Feldman
Gene Feldman
Director
Suzette Winter
Suzette Winter
Director
Gene Feldman
Gene Feldman
Writer
Suzette Winter
Suzette Winter
Writer
Stephen Janson
Stephen Janson
Executive Producer
Richard Fiocca
Richard Fiocca
Music
Max Suria
Max Suria
Music
Kerry Soloway
Kerry Soloway
Editor

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