Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (Movie)
1996 / Director: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter / Avg Rating: 7 out of 10
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
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Jack Lemmon...Self
Walter Matthau...Self
Billy Wilder...Self
Chris Lemmon...Self
Kevin Spacey...Self
Neil Simon...Self - AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1986) (Movie) (4)
Billy Wilder...Self
Jack Lemmon...Host
Walter Matthau...Self
Charles Durning...Self - And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) (Movie) (4)
Jack Lemmon...
Walter Matthau...
Gregory Peck...
Billy Wilder... - Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997) (Movie) (4)
Jack Lemmon...Self
Walter Matthau...Self
Neil Simon...Self
Billy Wilder...Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean (1990) (Movie) (3)
Gregory Peck...Host
Billy Wilder...Self
Jack Lemmon...Self
- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998) (Movie) (3)
Jack Lemmon...Himself
Walter Matthau...Himself
Billy Wilder...Himself
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (Movie) (3)
Charles Durning...Self
Betty Garrett...Self
Maureen Stapleton...Self - Night of 100 Stars (1982) (Movie) (3)
Jack Lemmon...
Gregory Peck...
Maureen Stapleton...
- Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1982) (Movie) (3)
Billy Wilder...Himself
Walter Matthau...Himself
Jack Lemmon...Himself
- Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau (1998) (Movie) (3)
Jack Lemmon...Self
Walter Matthau...Self
Neil Simon...Self
- The Front Page (1974) (Movie) (3)
Jack Lemmon...Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau...Walter Burns
Charles Durning...Murphy
- The Grass Harp (1995) (Movie) (3)
Walter Matthau...Judge Charlie Cool
Jack Lemmon...Dr. Morris Ritz
Charles Durning...Reverend Buster
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (Movie) (2)
Billy Wilder...Himself
Gregory Peck...Himself
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck (1987) (Movie) (2)
Billy Wilder...Self
Walter Matthau...Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Himself
Gregory Peck...Himself
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (1980) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Himself
Walter Matthau...Himself
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise (1998) (Movie) (2)
Charles Durning...Self
Jack Lemmon...Self
- Airport '77 (1977) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Don Gallagher
Chris Lemmon...Radioman
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993) (Movie) (2)
Billy Wilder...Himself
Gregory Peck...Himself
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Jack Lemmon...Himself
Walter Matthau...Himself
- Buddy Buddy (1981) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Victor Clooney
Walter Matthau...Trabucco
- Dad (1989) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Jake Tremont
Kevin Spacey...Mario
- Directed by William Wyler (1986) (Movie) (2)
Gregory Peck...
Billy Wilder...
- Forever Hollywood (1999) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Himself
Kevin Spacey...Himself
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Shelley Levene
Kevin Spacey...John Williamson
- Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988) (Movie) (2)
Gregory Peck...Self
Jack Lemmon...Self
- Grumpier Old Men (1995) (Movie) (2)
Walter Matthau...Max Goldman
Jack Lemmon...John Gustafson
- Grumpy Old Men (1993) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...John Gustafson
Walter Matthau...Max Goldman
- Heartburn (1986) (Movie) (2)
Maureen Stapleton...Vera
Kevin Spacey...Subway Thief
- I Walk the Line (1970) (Movie) (2)
Gregory Peck...Sheriff Henry Tawes
Charles Durning...Wylie Hunnicutt
- I.Q. (1994) (Movie) (2)
Walter Matthau...Albert Einstein
Charles Durning...Louis Bamberger
- JFK (1991) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Jack Martin
Walter Matthau...Senator Long
- Kotch (1971) (Movie) (2)
Walter Matthau...Joseph P Kotcher
Jack Lemmon...Sleeping Bus Passenger
- Land of the Free (1998) (Movie) (2)
Chris Lemmon...Agent Thornton
Chris Lemmon...Matt McCaster (as Charlie Robinson)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...James Tyrone
Kevin Spacey...James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
- Mass Appeal (1984) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Father Tim Farley
Charles Durning...Monsignor Thomas Burke
- Mirage (1965) (Movie) (2)
Gregory Peck...David Stillwell
Walter Matthau...Ted Caselle
- My Sister Eileen (1955) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Bob Baker
Betty Garrett...Ruth Sherwood
- Out to Sea (1997) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Herb Sullivan
Walter Matthau...Charlie Gordon
- Plaza Suite (1971) (Movie) (2)
Walter Matthau...Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
Maureen Stapleton...Karen Nash
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975) (Movie) (2)
Maureen Stapleton...Bea Asher
Charles Durning...Al Green
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Jack Lemmon...Harvey Fairchild
Chris Lemmon...Josh Fairchild
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Jack Lemmon...Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau...William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich
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Jack Lemmon...Narrator
Walter Matthau...Narrator
- The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006) (Movie) (2)
Billy Wilder...Himself [archival footage]
Jack Lemmon...Himself [archival footage]
- The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006) (Movie) (2)
Billy Wilder...Himself [archival footage]
Jack Lemmon...Himself [archival footage]
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Charles Durning...Himself
Maureen Stapleton...Herself
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Jack Lemmon...Felix Ungar
Walter Matthau...Oscar Madison
- The Odd Couple II (1998) (Movie) (2)
Jack Lemmon...Felix Ungar
Walter Matthau...Oscar Madison
