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Kotch Details

1971

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Starring	Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman
Director	Jack Lemmon
Genres	Drama

Kotch

Jack Lemmon's debut as a director is helped by the fine performance of his longtime buddy Walter Matthau as Kotch, an elderly widower who is at odds with his family but doesn't give up on life. When his children announce their plans to take him to a retirement home, he hits the road and meets Erica (Deborah Winters), a pregnant teenager. Kotch feels needed for the first time in years and decides to help her. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor--Walter Matthau and Best Song (Life Is What You Make It).

Starring	Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Ellen Geer, Darrell Larson, Paul Picerni, Lucy Saroyan
Director	Jack Lemmon
Studio	PRISM LEISURE
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1971 To Rent: DVD: 08 Apr 2002

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- Sentimental generational comedy, with Matthau mugging through as an irascible senior citizen, resisting all attempts... read more on Time Out
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  walter matthau departs somewhat from type in this film. convincingly plays an elderly and independent old man sho becomes involved in helping a pregnant ... read more »
  
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  Enjoyed the mixture of comedy and pathos
  
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  walter matthau departs somewhat from type in this film. convincingly plays an elderly and independent old man sho becomes involved in helping a pregnant ... read more »
  
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  Jack Lemmon's one and only film as a director. The direction was fine; it's a shame he never tried his hand at it again.
  
  As ever, Matthau is ... read more »
  
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  Jack Lemmon's debut as a director is helped by the fine performance of his longtime buddy Walter Matthau as Kotch, an elderly widower who is at odds with his family but doesn't give up on life. When his children announce their plans to take him to a retirement home, he hits the road and meets Erica ...