The Fortune Cookie
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The Fortune Cookie is a 1966 American comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, notable as their first on-screen pairing and for its blend of sharp wit and social satire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fortune Cookie canonical | 8 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Walter Matthau ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | contemporary concerns about insurance fraud and litigation in the United States ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Harry Hinkle – Jack Lemmon
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Willie Gingrich – Walter Matthau ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph LaShelle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Billy Wilder ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Daniel Mandell ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Cleveland
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surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio
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| followedBy | subsequent Lemmon–Matthau film pairings such as The Odd Couple ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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satirical film ⓘ sports comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed
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media and commercialism ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harry Hinkle
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Willie Gingrich ⓘ |
| musicBy | André Previn ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of sharp wit and social satire
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first on-screen pairing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A TV cameraman injured during a football game is persuaded by his shyster brother-in-law lawyer to exaggerate his injuries for a large insurance settlement. ⓘ |
| producer |
Billy Wilder
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I. A. L. Diamond ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
The Mirisch Company
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surface form:
Mirisch Corporation
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| releaseDate | 1966-10-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 125 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
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I. A. L. Diamond ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| starring |
Cliff Osmond
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Jack Lemmon ⓘ Judi West ⓘ Lurene Tuttle ⓘ Ron Rich ⓘ Walter Matthau ⓘ |
| title | The Fortune Cookie self-link ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.