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[edit] Ten or eleven movies with Walter Matthau?

In Walter Matthau's Wikipedia article it states that they made together 10 movies; is that correct? Where can I find a complete list of their movies together (preferably before christmas 2007)? ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.155.127 (talk) 09:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

You can use the excellent Name Search engine in IMDb. By using it I counted eleven movies (excluding documentaries, award shows and TV movies). However in one of the eleven (Kotch), Lemmon has just a cameo, so I guess some people don't count this one as a true collaboration. --Ferengi 18:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed

In a career spanning five decades, Lemmon carved himself a niche as cinema's neurotic everyman, and as one of the most versatile actors of his--or any--generation. Equally at home in comedy and drama, he had a unique combination of intensity and vulnerability that could break your heart one minute, and have you doubled up with laughter the next. Whether he was clearing his sinuses as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, or clearing his desk as the slumping salesman Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross, Lemmon committed himself totally to his roles.

The only word that might be able to be used in a NPOV sentence is "neurotic", though I haven't seen enough of his movies to really know... the rest is true and very nice and all, but not encyclopedic. Tokerboy


I liked the ideas expressed in the "Removed" section above and tried to rewrite the paragraph in a more suitable way and then add it back to the end of the Lemmon article. Obviously, if others think it still does not work, they can remove it again.
    Andrew Szanton 4/06

[edit] Date of Death?

It is stated that he died on the 27 and 28 of 2001.

Which is true? :Alrasheedan

[edit] The Long Way Home

Error to one of the links: The link for his TV movie titled "The Long Way Home" is not correct. The Wikipedia link is to a movie about WWII and Nazi. However, Jack Lemmon's TV movie, under the same name and which was made in 1998, is about a retired cabinet maker(Jack Lemmon), who travels across the USA from Kansas to California to visit his old sweetheart, Veronica (played by Betty Garrett). He travelled by hitchhiking with a young girl named Leanne Bossert (played by Sarah Paulson). I saw this movie on TV a few years ago, but it never returned to the TV screen. However, I managed to buy a copy of the DVD a few days ago, to my surprise and delight. The DVD was produced by Platinum Disc LLC, La Crosse, WI (2005). --64.201.181.86 05:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out! The link to The Long Way Home now points to a disambiguation page for the term "Long Way Home". The "dab" (disambiguation) page now has a reference to the 1998 made-for-TV film. As far as I know, we do not yet have an article on the 1998 film, although I did not do an extensive search. Lini 13:36, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matriculated or Graduated?

In the article it says that Lemmon graduated from Harvard at seventeen years old. While this is certainly possible, the information seems redundant considering that in the same paragraph, further down, he is mentioned as having gone to Harvard after graduating from Phillips Academy. Because of this, I have a suspicion that he might have matriculated to Harvard at seventeen, not graduated. This has a certain further credibility as information concerning Lemmon's supposed prodigality is not sourced (after a quick Google search I failed to turn up any mention of his graduating age aside from this Wikipedia page, which is hardly a verification!), nor is it ever mentioned again.

I haven't removed the information, but its extraordinary nature requires substantiation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.22.246 (talk) 05:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 06:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)