Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement was enriched by new challenges in which he exposed the vulnerability and emotion of the later years as few had dared. He reveled in his ongoing screen partnerships with directors like Billy Wilder and stars like Walter Matthau. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon, this documentary includes interviews with Lemmon's son, the actor Chris Lemmon. Also appearing are such legends as Jack's life-long friend, the writer and director Billy Wilder, writer-director Garson Kanin, drama teacher Uta Hagen and actor Gregory Peck.
Acting
Lemmon narrates his own life with unguarded candor.
Direction
Winter and Feldman let legends speak, never interrupt.
Production
Rare archival footage of Wilder and Matthau partnerships.
Director
Suzette Winter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Lemmon's final on-camera appearances; he died in 2001, making his reflections here unintentionally valedictory.
Lemmon's late-career turn to emotional rawness in films like 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and this doc helped pioneer the 'elder actor as prestige project' template later used by Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins.
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