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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

Documentary

You Only Thought You Knew Him...

Release Date: 1996, November 25
Directors: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Countries: United States of America
Production: Wombat Productions, Janson Media, Janson Media
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Charles Durning, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Chris Lemmon, Maureen Stapleton, Betty Garrett

Overview:

Jack Lemmon made over 60 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.