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The Odd Couple 2 movie storyline. It has been seventeen years now since Oscar and Felix saw each other for the last time. Oscar is living in Florida, Felix in New York. One day, Oscar is called by his son Brucey who invites him to his wedding to Felix’ daughter Hannah next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and take a rental car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
The trip develops into an odyssey, starting with Oscar forgetting Felix’ suitcase at the Budget station, going over to the complete loss of the directions (and the car), several difficulties with the police, a dead person, a toupee, underwear and revenge-hungry Cowboys and ending up with Felix meeting the “one and only” woman. But the wedding has to be reached on time.
The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968’s The Odd Couple. Written by Neil Simon (who also produced), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The film was the actors’ last together. It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a sequel in which all leads return. Each actor made only one more theatrical film after this: The Legend of Bagger Vance for Lemmon and Hanging Up for Matthau, in which neither actor played a leading role, both in 2000.
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Christine Baranski, Barnard Hughes, Jonathan Silverman, Jean Smart, Lisa Waltz, Mary Beth Peil, Mary Fogarty, Doris Belack
Screenplay by: Neil Simon
Production Design by: Dan Bishop
Cinematography by: Jamie Anderson
Film Editing by: Seth Flaum
Costume Design by: Lisa Jensen
Set Decoration by: Kristen Toscano Messina
Art Direction by: Jeff Knipp
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: April 10, 1998
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