The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a 1975 dark comedy film adaptation of Neil Simon’s play, starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft as a New York couple unraveling under the pressures of urban life and unemployment.

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instanceOf film
basedOn The Prisoner of Second Avenue (play) NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy David M. Walsh NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creatorOfOriginalWork Neil Simon NERFINISHED
director Melvin Frank NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy William Reynolds NERFINISHED
filmingStyle live-action
genre black comedy film
comedy film
hasAdaptationSource Broadway play
leadCharacter Edna Edison NERFINISHED
Mel Edison NERFINISHED
mainSubject midlife crisis
unemployment
urban life
musicBy Marvin Hamlisch NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus married couple under stress
originalLanguage English
portrays psychological effects of job loss
social anxiety in a big city
producer Melvin Frank NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1975
runtime about 98 minutes
screenwriter Neil Simon NERFINISHED
setting New York City
starring Anne Bancroft NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Wilson NERFINISHED
Florence Stanley NERFINISHED
Gene Saks NERFINISHED
Jack Lemmon NERFINISHED
Sylvia Miles NERFINISHED

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Rastar Productions notableWork The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Neil Simon notableWork The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Neil Simon wrotePlay The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Elizabeth Wilson notableWork The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Elizabeth Wilson performedIn The Prisoner of Second Avenue