The Sunshine Boys

Name: The Sunshine Boys
Released: 1975
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 74.84162895927602
Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham

Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys

75%

Comedy

USA, 1975, 111 min

Directed by:

Herbert Ross

Screenplay:

Neil Simon, Neil Simon (theater play)

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When ABC decides to do a special on the history of comedy, they call on the famous vaudeville team of Lewis & Clark. However, the two aging comedy stars haven't spoken in years and must be persuaded to work together. Clark (Matthau) is a diehard New Yorker who lives and breathes show business. The stubborn and slovenly actor still auditions for work with the help of his persistent nephew turned agent, Ben (Benjamin). Lewis (Burns) walked out on the team's final show to retire and move to New Jersey with his wife and kids, much to the chagrin of his show-loving partner. The two eccentric characters are complete opposites who worked together as a comic powerhouse in the past, known in their heyday as the Sunshine Boys. Ben attempts to do everything in his power to get the cantankerous team to put on one last show. (official distributor synopsis)

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