Herb Gardner

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I'm Not Rappaport. I'm Not Rappaport follows Eighty-one-year-old Nat Moyer, a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities.

Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are a truly odd couple who wryly comment on modern urban life as it strolls by their bench in Central Park. When Midge, who's also the manager of Nat's apartment building, is forced into retirement, Nat springs to his defense -- taking on a drug dealer, a mugger and even his daughter (Amy Irving). Adapted and directed by Herb Gardner from his Tony Award-winning Broadway play.

Two lively old-timers take on the modern world and its threats, which include forced retirement and senior citizens homes in this hilarious and charming story.

Two lively old-timers take on the modern world and its threats, which include forced retirement and senior citizens homes in this hilarious and charming story.

Eighty-one-year-old Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) is a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities. His daily companion on a bench in New York's Central Park is Midge Carter (Ossie Davis), a half-blind apartment superintendent. Midge's approach to life is realistic and down-to-earth, making him the perfect foil for Nat. With vaudevillian flair, these appealing oldsters outrageously take on the world and its multiple threats - drug dealers and muggers, enlightened children, forced retirement, and the specter of the old folk's home. Also features Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson and Martha Plimpton.

In this screen adaptation of the award-winning play by Herb Gardner, Nat Moyer and Midge Carter are two elderly men who sit on the same park bench each afternoon and have developed a relationship based on playful verbal sparring.

Charles Grodin and Marlo Thomas star as a neurotic New York City couple on the outs. Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences -- a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.