Neil Simon

Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl and Irene Worth star in the acclaimed film adaptation of Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, Lost in Yonkers. Set during World War II, Lost in Yonkers tells the story of two brothers who are sent to live with their domineering grandmother after their mother's death. Strong as steel and twice as cold, Grandma Kurnitz (Worth) rules her roost with an iron fist. And caught in her grasp is the boys' lovely Aunt Bella (Ruehl), who has the mind of a child and the dreams of a woman. But when Uncle Louie (Dreyfuss), a small-time gangster with plenty of 'moxie' arrives, everyone gets a surprising second chance at happiness. Worth and Ruehl both won Tony Awardsfor their stage performances, and Dreyfuss adds a scene-stealing turn as Louie. Together with Neil Simon and director Martha Coolidge (Rambling Rose), this remarkable trio of actors makes Lost in Yonkers a magical, must-see voyage of discovery.

MAX DUGAN RETURNS is a Neil Simon comedy starring Jason Robards as ex-con Max Dugan, a man trying to make up with his daughter and impress his grandson by showering them with presents bought with money stolen from the Mob. Marsha Mason plays Nora, a single mother who lives with her son, Michael (Matthew Broderick). They live in a small house, and they don't have much money, but at least they have each other. Then, out of the blue, comes Nora's father, Max Dugan, who left her and Nora's mother when Nora was nine years old. He brings a suitcase with dollar bills and showers her and Michael with gifts, trying to make up for lost time, and knowing that he has a fatal heart ailment. The money comes from his shady career in Las Vegas. Nora is dating a policeman who is very interested in meeting him. Forced to leave town by this nosy policeman, Max decides to do one last good deed to cheer up his grandson. Watch for Kiefer Sutherland as MAX DUGAN RETURNS is his official acting debut.

Matthew Broderick stars as a na ve army recruit looking for action - though not the battle kind - in Neil Simon's hilarious comedy about boot camp during WWII. The year is 1943 and Eugene Morris Jerome (Broderick) finds himself far from the comforts of his Brooklyn home after being sent to basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. Expecting the army to be dolls, doughnuts and USO dances, he instead encounters a tough drill sergeant (Christopher Walken) and a platoon of often hostile recruits. Armed with only his sense of humor, Eugene is determined to leave camp with everything he came in with except his virginity, in this light-hearted look at one man's determined plan to march to his own beat.

Based on a play by Neil Simon, this comedy concerns Barney Cashman (Alan Arkin), the owner of successful seafood restaurant who is stuck in the depths of a mid-life crisis. Barney's marriage is no longer providing him with a sense of romantic adventure, and when he discovers his mother's apartment is empty one day a week, he decides that a series of extra-marital affairs is just what he needs. However, Barney's career as a spoiler of women quickly proves to be laughably unsuccessful, he's able to lure three different women to his make-shift love nest ? Elaine (Sally Kellerman), Bobbi (Paula Prentiss), and Janette (Renee Taylor) ? but try as he might, he can't convince any of them to sleep with him, and in the end, Barney has to settle for seducing his wife. Last of the Red Hot Lovers was the fourth of five Neil Simon adaptations that director Gene Saks would bring to the screen, Saks also directed a number of Simon's successes on Broadway.

The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? You are cordially invited to join an all-star cast featuring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Peter Falk, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Eileen Brennan, Nancy Walker, James Cromwell and Estelle Winwood for Neil Simon's hilarious murder-mystery spoof MURDER BY DEATH. The isolated mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (celebrated author Truman Capote in a Golden Globe(r) -nominated performance) is the setting for the twisted puzzler. Twain informshis guests that one of them will be murdered at the stroke of midnight. The pay-off: $1 million to whoever lives through the night. MURDER BY DEATH neatly lampoons both the mystery genre and the characterizations of these instantly recognizable gumshoes. Match wits with the super sleuths, but remember, you can't win if you end up dying from laughter!

Neil Simon's magic touch shimmers at its very best in this story about a Broadway actress, Georgia Hines (Marsha Mason), who six years earlier gave up custody of her daughter, Polly (Kristy McNichol), in order to 'straighten out her life' But now, just as Georgia is about to star in a play based on her own turbulent romantic past, Polly decides she's going to move in with her mother. There are good times, pretending to be sisters to confuse a pair of college boys, and there are tough times, when they confront one another with the truth about the lost years between them. Through it all, with humor and warmth, they come to know one another again.

Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar -winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleanliness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado. An enduring and endearing picture, with the intelligence on usually misses in comedies.

Watchmen: Season 1: Episode 2 -- In the wake of The Comedian's murder, his former allies remember his life and his effect on them. Watchmen Motion Comic may contain mature material some viewers might not find suitable.

The New Adventures of Old Christine: Season 5: Episode 15 -- Christine comes into some money and must decide whether to splurge on a designer dress or help starving children. ED BEGLEY JR. guest stars as Pastor Ed.

Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene in a scene from the Broadway revival of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the Neil Simon Theater.

Can two divorced men live in the same apartment without driving each other crazy? Not when one is a neatness freak and the other is a slob. Precursor to the hit TV series. Based on the Neil Simon play.

A middle class, middle aged New Yorker must face an uncertain future when he loses his job. Classic Lemmon. Based on the play by Neil Simon with early performances by Stallone and Abraham.