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Show nS Wi BY JAMES ‘ACK Inborit the Wind this i with Goorge C. Scott. Jack nominations and raves in Mister Roberts ~ eee David wayne played Pulver & Dsctuay. How did young gs LEMMON [iMT’S NATURAL THAT A Bppgogal guy who attended Andoyer, graduated from Harvard and served as a naval officer would be a fellow of i considerable range. So you are not surprised that Jack . Lemmon is a gracious gent, daughter, ve! oe a splendid actor, a competitive Courtney, 32. {the eee sportsman and a very funny man. was too old for What you don’t expect is tohave include #t Should Pulver,” said him sounding like a Hollywood esramane Fordliked the ™mogul, talking up his latest film. Mister Rotertz, ides that Jeok This wasin Manhattan atthe eae otety os Hotel Carlyle, where I met The Apartment, aNavy ensign. Seenon his pro partner Lemmonfor breakfast. Be- Weecanes tweenbites, he told me about 1962; inma Le his new movie—a reprise ofThe , 1983; scoreundies Odd Couple, co-starring Jack as Cookin,1968 Beach pro-am _prissy Felix Unger and Walter The brag ' Panam founament and Matthau as grumpy Oscar Mad- bee BhsTipe, won this thing” ison in what Jack assured me 1973; The China when El Nifio washedply. °can go wrong goes wrong.” But oor, deawae, stateis San Something. We get Thggg munelly Inspired story where “everything that Misaing, 1862; finally get there, “his son and my on final yarn —ebout once are they jusi milking anold hit? oe Gien _jost in the desert, the car blows “Weare delirious about : this,” Grumayaoe Oki Men, up, UP» wehitchhike, ! we run into daughter are getting married,” said Jack, 2 “It all ends happily.” y: perpra. bers Paramountevergot.” The alter years.of is a typically funny Neil Simon Fy/pute, 1980; woingbeckto he said. “The screenings are 1903, reunion, where coming in with the highest num- Old Men1995: This kid, he eaid, plot has Felix and Oscar head- tamed of beled ed for a weddingin California. 7; The Se a 2 illegal aliens and get arrested. roeememates, Fox and We check into a cheap hotel, Couple 41988. floozies, whoof course are Souaen ‘They reunite at the L.A.airport, omen ree e ee. a rental car andtakeoff. day making It in livingveer you.” From there,let Jack take it: Fine, said Jsck, Js part of the joke that inctudes Room “Doc [Simon]had done about called Thelma and Louise! And {lg week ln another we go dancing. We're in a bus with Thelma and Louise when twoguys with gunsstop the bus alXd threaten to shoot us. They're 50 pages.Felicia [Jack's wife} the husbands. The same sheriff Jack Lenmmon WHS HS surehe'd never re looking fora ‘San Malina’ Service, 1983; arrestsus three times.” ee or something, and Oscar com- enerae oes eae plains that every placein the Night, 1806. At the wedding, when they aah It’s 30 years sincethe origi nal film was released. Jack told me whatinspired the sequel: and Oscar picks up a couple of Oscar are back said, ‘Why don’t you get Doc to [Parafinish it and call S$ mountchief Sherry Lansing]?” Sherry was very amenable, so we id ‘Doc, write!’ Hesaid. ‘Ican finish this in four weeks.’ And Sherry said, ‘Let's do it!"” PAGE 22: APREL 5, 1990 - PARADE MAGAZINE |