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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 8, 2020 18:29:15 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 8, 2020 19:12:53 GMT
Tough choice, but going with DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES in a close race with THE APARTMENT.
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Post by bravomailer on Feb 8, 2020 19:28:32 GMT
Save The Tiger - not a well known film, made on a shoestring budget, but he won an Oscar for it.
He was great in Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly "The Machine" Levene. There's a scene where he's recounting a great sale to Rick Roma and Pacino takes in the performance.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 8, 2020 19:38:11 GMT
FAIL-Safe and The China SYNDROME.
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 8, 2020 19:41:54 GMT
FAIL-Safe and The China SYNDROME. SYNDROME -- good choice. Was Jack in FAIL-SAFE?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 8, 2020 19:54:00 GMT
FAIL-Safe and The China SYNDROME.
Was Jack in FAIL-SAFE?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 8, 2020 19:56:48 GMT
Some Like it HOT
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 8, 2020 19:57:01 GMT
Well, understandable -- they were together in MR. ROBERTS and Jane was his co-star in SYNDROME.  |
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Post by Isapop on Feb 8, 2020 20:20:59 GMT
Well, understandable -- they were together in MR. ROBERTS and Jane was his co-star in SYNDROME. Even more understandable since Walter Matthau was in Fail Safe. So, naturally one would assume...
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Post by Archelaus on Feb 8, 2020 21:07:23 GMT
I'm going with The Apartment. I do think Days of Wine and Roses has one of his finest performances.
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Post by OldAussie on Feb 8, 2020 21:17:23 GMT
China Syndrome....without looking....now I'll take a look.
Edit - Missing and Save The Tiger very close behind.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 8, 2020 23:14:11 GMT
Some Like it Hot
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 8, 2020 23:25:00 GMT
RiP, Mr. Robert Conrad!
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Post by teleadm on Feb 8, 2020 23:41:47 GMT
The Apartment 1960, because he shows everything, gutwrenching loneliness, comedy, drama ,l,resourcefulness when needed, humanity, jealousy and the stupid things we do when we fall in love and think "she's the one" even if she is out of reach.
That's my choice! Watch it every year around Christmas.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Feb 9, 2020 3:08:00 GMT
Can never pick just one... I thought he was great in just about everything he did, but I preferred his more comedic films to his serious ones (though he was quite adept at both comedy as well as serious drama). With that in mind, I liked such films of his as Avanti! (1969), How to Murder Your Wife (1965), The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), and The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975). Another one that was quite good: Good Neighbor Sam (1964).
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Post by millar70 on Feb 9, 2020 4:16:49 GMT
He's had better roles and appeared in better movies, but I love his performance in Glengarry Glen Ross. As someone who has worked in a very similar field, trust me when I say Lemmon nailed everything about the ups and downs of that kind of work, especially when things may get desperate.
In a movie full of great performances, Lemmon's character is the one that sticks with you.
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Post by msdemos on Feb 10, 2020 23:31:09 GMT
One of my favorite actors of all time.....and though I love much of what he's done, one that, for whatever reason, always seems to get little notoriety whenever his career is discussed is Mass Appeal (1984). Maybe it's the ex-Catholic in me that finds it so fascinating, but this was just one of those movies that seemed to come and go without much fanfare, and thus is often overlooked. It probably didn't help that the movie was unavailable on home video (well, on dvd or blu-ray anyway) for a LONG time, until finally being released on dvd about 10 years ago. For anyone interested, there's a complete (though pretty terrible, quality-wise....it's obviously a 'rip' of the vhs release) version currently available on YouTube: Okay, maybe not one of his "best", and possibly one that would have been better suited as a made-for-TV movie rather than released as a feature.......still, to any Lemmon fan who has never seen it, you may want to check it out.....   SAVE FERRIS
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Feb 11, 2020 3:03:33 GMT
msdemos: that reminds me of another film from Jack's body of work that is probably overlooked by a lot of people: Fire Down Below (1957). TBH, Lemmon is a bit overshadowed by the other two stars of the film, Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum, but he (Lemmon) turns in a notable performance just the same. The film is also noteworthy on account of the realistic filming locations in and around the Caribbean. Also, look for an interesting appearance of actor Herbert Lom, later to become more well-known as Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the early Pink Panther films.
Oh, and while I'm at it, Lemmon was a nice addition to 1957's Bell Book and Candle.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 11, 2020 5:14:40 GMT
The Great Race where he played one of his best characters.. the EVIL Dastardly Despicible Professor Fate and one of the lamest and most annoying, Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick. The early scene with Lemmon and Falk are like a live action Wile E. Coyote vs Road Runner with their schemes to surpass the Magnificent Leslie going totally awry …. . BUT then coms to the over long and pointless Hoepnick in what appears to be a whole other movie.  Spot on Fate character and waaaaaaaaay too silly as the CP ! It's the fault of the writers … not Lemmon's acting.. 
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Post by politicidal on Feb 12, 2020 4:45:59 GMT
The China Syndrome and The Great Race are pretty good. I really enjoyed My Fellow Americans (1996) with him and James Garner.
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