The Sunshine Boys

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comedy film film

The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.

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The Sunshine Boys canonical 12
The Sunshine Boys (play) 2
The Sunshine Boys (Broadway production involvement) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
academyAwardWonBy George Burns ⓘ
adaptationOf The Sunshine Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Sunshine Boys (play)
awardWon Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
basedOn The Sunshine Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Sunshine Boys (play)
basedOnWorkBy Neil Simon ⓘ
cinematographyBy David M. Walsh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Herbert Ross ⓘ
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Michael A. Stevenson ⓘ
featuresVaudeville true ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
goldenGlobeNominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
hasTheme aging entertainers ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
rivalry ⓘ
show business ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadCharacter Al Lewis ⓘ
Willy Clark ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Marvin Hamlisch ⓘ
notableFor George Burns’s comeback film role ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American comedy cinema of the 1970s ⓘ
plotSummary Two former vaudeville partners who have long been feuding are reunited for a television comedy special. ⓘ
portrays feuding former vaudeville partners reunited for television ⓘ
producer Ray Stark ⓘ
productionCompany Rastar Productions ⓘ
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Neil Simon ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
starring Carol Arthur ⓘ
F. Murray Abraham ⓘ
George Burns ⓘ
Lee Meredith ⓘ
Richard Benjamin ⓘ
Walter Matthau ⓘ
theatricalReleaseDate 1975-12-25 ⓘ
writtenBy Neil Simon ⓘ

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Lawrence Weingarten → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Rastar Productions → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
George Burns → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sunshine Boys (stage-to-film adaptation)
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sunshine Boys (Broadway production involvement)
The Sunshine Boys → basedOn → The Sunshine Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)
this entity surface form: The Sunshine Boys (play)
The Sunshine Boys → adaptationOf → The Sunshine Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)
this entity surface form: The Sunshine Boys (play)
Walter Matthau → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Thea Sharrock → directedPlay → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Pembroke J. Herring → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Neil Simon → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Neil Simon → wrotePlay → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Neil Simon → wroteScreenplay → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sunshine Boys (film)
Vaudeville Theatre → hasNotableProduction → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Herbert Ross → notableWork → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ
Herbert Ross → directed → The Sunshine Boys ⓘ