I ragazzi irresistibili

Titolo originale: The Sunshine Boys
Regia: Herbert Ross |
Anno: 1975
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia
Tag: new york city | comedian | based on play or musical | reunion | vaudeville |
Cast: Walter Matthau | George Burns | Richard Benjamin | Lee Meredith | Carol Arthur | Rosetta LeNoire | F. Murray Abraham | Howard Hesseman | James Cranna | Ron Rifkin | Fritz Feld | Phyllis Diller | Steve Allen | Jennifer Lee | Jennifer Lee Pryor | Jack Bernardi | Garn Stephens | Santos Morales | Archie Hahn | Sid Gould | Tom Spratley | Rashel Novikoff | Sammy Smith | Dan Resin | Milt Kogan | Bob Goldstein | Walter Stocker | Duchess Dale | Bill Reddick | Eddie Villery | Gary K. Steven | Steve Allen | Phyllis Diller | Lois Hamilton | Lauren Simon | Rufus Smith |

Willie Clark e Al Lewis hanno passato una vita in coppia calcando le scene del vaudeville. Quaranta anni di successi, di lavoro in comune, ma anche di liti furiose e sistematiche ripicche. Oggi sono due vecchi bisbetici fuori dal giro da tempo. Ma proprio oggi vengono chiamati entrambi in Tv per rifare il loro classico "sketch del dottore". Le cose nel frattempo non sono migliorate di molto.

Approfondimenti

First feature film for George Burns for thirty-six years. Burns had not appeared in a movie since Il [...] D
The $40.00 a day the Willie Clark's nurse earns in this 1975 movie translates to $196.93 a day in 20 [...] D
George Burns turned up at rehearsals having learned the entire film script by heart. Burns figured t [...] D
Walter Matthau replaced Red Skelton and George Burns replaced Jack Benny. D
The film revived George Burns film career with the Oscar he won, Burns starred in several Hollywood [...] D
George Burns usually wore a hairpiece when he worked. The first scene we see of him in the film is o [...] D
On the DVD, ten minutes of silent make-up tests of Jack Benny and Walter Matthau are included. Clapb [...] D
Third of six appearances by Walter Matthau in a Neil Simon-written film. The others being La strana [...] D
At the age of eighty George Burns became the oldest Oscar winning actor when he won for this movie. [...] D
Walter Matthau and George Burns were playing characters in their 80s. In reality, Burns was seventy- [...] D
Woody Allen originally was asked to direct, but he was more interested in playing the role of Lewis [...] D
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. D
At the Golden Globe awards, during the acceptance speech with Walter Matthau, George Burns said: "I [...] D
Neil Simon is said to have based the character of Willy Clark on Willie Howard, whom he met when How [...] D
F. Murray Abraham played an auto mechanic. Of the two films in which Abraham appeared in 1975, both [...] D
The film was released three years after its source play of the same name by Neil Simon was first per [...] D
George Burns's Oscar winning performance in this film is his sole Academy Award nomination. D
When George Burns won the Oscar, at his acceptance speech he said: "This is all so exciting. I've de [...] D
The music playing during the opening credits is Make 'Em Laugh, from the film Singin' in the Rain (1 [...] D
Jack Benny was signed for the role of Al Lewis. Ill health forced Benny to back out of the project, [...] D
Based on the lives and careers of vaudeville comics Joe Smith and Charles Dale (né Sultzer and Ma [...] D
Red Skelton was originally suggested for the role of Willy Clark, but when he was approached, he wan [...] D
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were touted to play the lead roles, but writer Neil Simon disagreed and mai [...] D