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The Fortune Cookie (alternative UK title: Meet Whiplash Willie) is a 1966 black comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in their first on-screen collaboration. [1]

63 relations: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards, André Previn, Ann Shoemaker, Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, Archie Moore, Billy Wilder, Black comedy, Buddy Buddy, Case Western Reserve University, CBS, Cleveland, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Stadium, Cliff Osmond, Daniel Mandell, Edward G. Boyle, Erieview Tower, Frank Sinatra, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Grumpier Old Men, Grumpy Old Men (film), Howard McNear, I. A. L. Diamond, IMDb, Indemnity, Internet Archive, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Gleason, Joseph LaShelle, Judi West, Keith Jackson, Kotch, Les Tremayne, List of American films of 1966, Lurene Tuttle, Marge Redmond, Minnesota Vikings, Ned Glass, Noam Pitlik, Out to Sea, Procaine, Robert Luthardt, Ron Rich, Sig Ruman, Terminal Tower, ..., The Front Page (1974 film), The Grass Harp (film), The New York Times, The Odd Couple (film), The Odd Couple II, Tom Hanks, Turner Classic Movies, United Artists, United Kingdom, Vincent Canby, Walter Matthau, William Christopher, 1966 in film. Expand index (13 more) »

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture.

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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material.

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Academy Award for Best Production Design

The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film.

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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André Previn

André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker (January 10, 1891 in Brooklyn, New York – September 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976.

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Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building

The Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building (also known as the Federal Office Building, the Celebrezze Building, or the Federal Building for short) is a skyscraper located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

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Archie Moore

Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 – May 1962).

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Billy Wilder

Samuel "Billy" Wilder (June 22, 1906March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades.

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Black comedy

Black comedy, also known as dark comedy or gallows humor, is a comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

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Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University (also known as Case Western Reserve, Case Western, Case, and CWRU) is a private doctorate-granting university in Cleveland, Ohio.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Stadium

Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cliff Osmond

Cliff Osmond (born Clifford Osman Ebrahim; February 26, 1937 – December 22, 2012) was an American character actor and television screenwriter best known for appearing in films directed by Billy Wilder.

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Daniel Mandell

Daniel Mandell (August 13, 1895 – June 8, 1987) was an American film editor with more than 70 film credits.

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Edward G. Boyle

The career of set decorator Edward G. Boyle (30 January 1899 – 17 February 1977) kicked off in the early 1930s, when he started working on the first of over 100 films.

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Erieview Tower

The Erieview Tower (also known as the Tower at Erieview, 100 Erieview, or the Erieview Plaza Tower) is a skyscraper featuring elements of the International style located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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Grumpier Old Men

Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 romantic comedy film, and a sequel to the film Grumpy Old Men (1993).

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Grumpy Old Men (film)

Grumpy Old Men is a 1993 American romantic comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret, with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis and Buck Henry.

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Howard McNear

Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 – January 3, 1969) was an American stage, screen, and radio character actor.

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I. A. L. Diamond

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Indemnity

Indemnity is a contractual obligation of one party (indemnitor) to compensate the loss occurred to the other party (indemnitee) due to the act of the indemnitor or any other party.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Jack Lemmon

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) professionally known as Jack Lemmon, was an American actor and musician.

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Jackie Gleason

John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, writer, composer and conductor.

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Joseph LaShelle

Joseph LaShelle, A.S.C. (July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film cinematographer.

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Judi West

Judi West (born 15 December 1942) is an American actress, best known for her supporting role opposite Jack Lemmon in the 1966 comedy film The Fortune Cookie.

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Keith Jackson

Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018) was an American sports commentator, journalist, author and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006).

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Kotch

Kotch is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, and Ellen Geer.

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Les Tremayne

Lester Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film and television actor.

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List of American films of 1966

This is a list of American films released in 1966.

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Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle (August 29, 1907 – May 28, 1986) was an American character actress and acting coach, who made the transition from vaudeville to radio, and later films and television.

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Marge Redmond

Marjorie "Marge" Redmond (born December 14, 1924) is an American actress and singer.

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Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Ned Glass

Ned Glass (born Nusyn Glass, April 1, 1906 – June 15, 1984) was a Polish-born American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful characters.

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Noam Pitlik

Noam Pitlik (November 4, 1932February 18, 1999) was an American television director and actor.

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Out to Sea

Out to Sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon and Brent Spiner.

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Procaine

Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group.

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Robert Luthardt

Robert Luthardt (March 3, 1917 – October 1, 1977) was an American art director.

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Ron Rich

Ron Rich (born 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor who played the roles of football player Luther 'Boom Boom' Jackson in the 1966 Billy Wilder comedy The Fortune Cookie, and Juno in the 1968 film Chubasco.

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Sig Ruman

Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann (October 11, 1884 – February 14, 1967) billed as Sig Ruman, was a German-American actor known for his portrayals of pompous and often stereotypically Teutonic officials or villains in more than 100 films.

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Terminal Tower

Terminal Tower is a 52-story,, landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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The Front Page (1974 film)

The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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The Grass Harp (film)

The Grass Harp is a 1995 American comedy-drama film based on the novella by Truman Capote; the screenplay was the final work of Oscar-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Odd Couple (film)

The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy Technicolor film in Panavision, written by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name, produced by Howard W. Koch and directed by Gene Saks, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's The Odd Couple.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network operated by Turner Broadcasting System. Launched in 1994, TCM is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However, TCM now has licensing deals with other Hollywood film studios as well as its WarnerMedia sister company, Warner Bros. (which now controls the Turner Entertainment library and its own later films), and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Latin America, France, Spain, the Nordic countries, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

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United Artists

United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor and comedian, best known for his film roles, in particular as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, based on the play of the same title by playwright Neil Simon, in which he also appeared on broadway theatre.

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William Christopher

William Christopher (October 20, 1932 December 31, 2016) was an American actor, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1965 to 1968 and Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff AfterMASH from 1983 to 1985.

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1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortune_Cookie

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