Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12141 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-12-01
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Neil Simon's curious comedy The Out-of-Towners concerns a pair of non-New Yorkers (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) having a hellish visit to the Big Apple on the eve of a job interview for Lemmon's character. Made in 1970 and directed by Arthur (Love Story) Hiller, this hectic film almost seems ahead of its time when compared to more recent misery-piled-on-misery comedies such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The couple in this film endure everything that can go wrong on a trip, including being forced to spend the night in a mugger-happy Central Park. The strange element in Simon's script, though, is that Lemmon's character is so unpleasant. A middle-class, uptight guy who can't believe that New Yorkers in the service profession don't perform their jobs slavishly, he's kind of a one-note joke that quickly wears thin. It was remade with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in 1999. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

no strike on walking
IF you are fed up of the endless comedies that hollywood churn out nowadays, then this movie is highly recommended. I was born after this movie was made and it says a lot that i have to go back to find the quality of comedy that is sorely lacking at present. Jack lemmon must get to a job interview in NewYork, but on the way is held up by an endless list of events which are hilarious and brilliantly thought out.

Very few actors aside from Lemmon could have played this role so well, and every scene he portrays every emotion known. He is amusing, hysterical and embarrassing all at the same time. Any fans of hold the front page, the odd couple etc will really enjoy this. Their is a remake, but this original version is far superior.

Lemmon is superb and a real tour de force constantly threatening to sue people with his lawyer. Also Sandy Dennis as his wife is the perfect foil to lemmon. The situations they find themselves in are funny and vary from strikes to being mugged by a con man. The script is tight and lemmon delivers his lines with savage wit and frustration of a man who must get to that interview, classic comedy and highly recommended.

The tears just kept on rolling!
I accidentily came upon this treasure of comical past, fleeing from a football match on the other channel. I have never been so glad to have hated football so much in all my life as it gave me opportunity to witness a comic masterpiece. The hilarious situations this married couple find themselves in, no wonder its a classic! Buy it, watch it, and chuckle histerically until you turn blue!!

Get this, forget the remake
Still a hilariously funny film and one of the classic 'everything that can go wrong, does go wrong' movies.

It's aged really well, and is superior to the 1999 remake (with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn) in many ways. The photography captures the mood of each scene, and really gets across just how small George and Gwen feel in this towering city. They face far more problems than in the remake too, creating an even greater sense of dispair and farce. Perhaps most important, Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis portray genuinely nice people, which I just didn't feel in the remake where Steve Martin's George is much 'angrier'. You watch and while you're laughing, really feel for them at the same time. I found myself willing them along, and if you've had to travel to foreign cities much you'll watch with a real empathy - there but for the grace of God...