Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Gene Feldman
1996-11-25

You Only Thought You Knew Him...
7.5
50 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jack Lemmon Self Unowned
Charles Durning Self Unowned
Betty Garrett Self Unowned
Garson Kanin Self Unowned
Chris Lemmon Self Unowned
Walter Matthau Self Unowned
Gregory Peck Self Unowned
Neil Simon Self Unowned
Kevin Spacey Self Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Maureen Stapleton Self Unowned
Billy Wilder Self Unowned