Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)
You Only Thought You Knew Him...
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.
- Date of release
- 1996-11-25
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Casting
- Jack Lemmon — Self
- Charles Durning — Self
- Betty Garrett — Self
- Garson Kanin — Self
- Chris Lemmon — Self
- Walter Matthau — Self
- Gregory Peck — Self
- Neil Simon — Self
- Kevin Spacey — Self
- Maureen Stapleton — Self
- Billy Wilder — Self
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