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Prisoner of Second Avenue
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300268142
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300268144
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Editorial Review:
Mel Edison, a soon-to-be-unemployed advertising executive, is driven to the brink of a nervous breakdown by New York City living. In an attempt to escape from a garbage strike, nosy neighbors and an unreliable air conditioner in the middle of a head wave, Mel and his long-suffering wife Edna visit his brother in the country. Unfortunately, the dark cloud of tribulation seems to follow Mel in this comic nightmare.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - LEMMON & BANCROFT ARE IN TOP FORM IN THIS CLASSIC!
Yet another Simon and Lemmon partnership that still holds up well today! Lemmon and Bancroft are teriffic in this very funny film. In the same vein as 'The Out-Of-Towners, but I think this film is a bit better. This DVD has a nice transfer and some interesting extras.
Rating: - Side splitting funny !
This is one of Jack Lemmon's best movies. Well written and acted. A real pleasure. Anne Bancroft was as funny Lemmon. Well worth the price
Rating:  - Shrill Neil Simon Effort
Neil Simon's work to me runs hot and cold. This seventies recession era farce was just plain annoying. Like in the worst Simon efforts the characters either scream at each other or tell jokes. Sorry, Neil, you're skating on a thin line on someone's nervous breakdown and you didn't pull it off here. This flick feels claustrophobic, barely transcending it's stage roots. The redeeming factors here are the performances of Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft who manage to imbue humanity into Simon's cartoon ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best comedies ever.
I have watched this movie at least 25 times and it is still laugh out loud enjoyable as well emotionally touching.The comedic timing between Anne Bancroft and Jack Lemmon is unsurpassed by any other actors.You won't be disappointed watching this.
Rating:  - Where Does the Time Go????
For some reason, probably because I watched this again shortly after Anne Bancroft passed away, and of course watching the always terrific Jack Lemmon at the top of his game (at my current age!) playing yet another of those wonderful angst driven characters using words created by Neil Simon, for that reason perhaps I was struck by our mortality. This film was made just a few short years ago, and yet all the actors are gone,and they left looking 'old'. My God, where does the time go?
This is not ... Read More
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