The ODD COUPLE I &II: The Original Screenplays Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
The Odd Couple I and The Odd Couple II, by America's premier playwright, Neil Simon, are two of the author's most famous and beloved works. Oscar and Felix are two of the stage and screen's most memorable and endearing characters. For the first time, the screenplays are collected in this volume.
Series: Odd Couple (Book 3)
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (March 20, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684859254
ISBN-13: 978-0684859255
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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When you read something by Neil Simon, especially these two great installments, don't expect for the material to solve any problems or make you see the state of world differently. To me, that's simply not what Simon's work is all about. When you watch two movies like The Odd Couple and it's sequel, I think the main thing you need to do is laugh - and with these two you'll do plenty of that. The comedy translates very well from the page to the stage and/or screen - but one of the main things that makes something like The Odd Couple work is the chemistry between the actors - namely Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau. While the first Odd Couple grew claustrophobic inside Oscar's apartment, the second covers road trip territory and sends the two characters out into the world. Although the first was a product of the mid-60s, it didn't display the counter-culture revolutionary feel, and even though the sequel was written in the mid-90s it doens't retain the crass indulgences brought on by many writers of the times. These two works are very innocent in what they convey, and the comedy is light and broad, yet sometimes retaining a darker, more succint feel to it. These are scripts about friends and friendships and male-bonding - and they succeed in making us laugh and loving the characters we're presented with.
Brilliantly paced writing that was brought to full fruition by the Lemmon/Matthau team in 1968, though I would have loved to have seen Art Carney's "Felix".The third reel is weak mostly in comparison to the gargantuan strength of the first two. If I am not mistaken, Neil Simon himself has said as much. The film is superior to the play ( an amazing feat of adaptation).Personally, I have no use for the sequel. Nor would I have welcomed "Mona Lisa II - If you thought La Giaconda was enigmatic - Just Wait!" When art is perfect, leave it alone.As an aside, Comic Chemistry's review displays perhaps the most pretentious writing I have ever seen. Don't let that stop you from enjoying the screenplay, and above all, the original film.
The ODD COUPLE I &II: The Original Screenplays Deeply Odd (Plus Bonus Digital Copy of Deeply Odd) (Odd Thomas Series) Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel Saint Odd: Odd Thomas, Book 7 Drummer's Guide to Odd Time Signatures: Master the Art of Playing in Odd Time Signatures (Book & CD) Brother Odd (Odd Thomas) Saint Odd (Odd Thomas Series) Forever Odd (Odd Thomas) Odd Hours (Odd Thomas Series) Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas Series) Odd Interlude (Odd Thomas Series) Plays Pleasant: Arms And The Man Candida The Man Of Destiny You Never Can Tell (Penguin plays & screenplays) Life Just Got Real: A Live Original Novel (Live Original Fiction) Preparatory Piano Literature: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics Original Keyboard Classics with opt. Teacher Duets Frommer's/AARP Places for Passion: The 75 Most Romantic Destinations in the World - and Why Every Couple Needs to Get Away Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide To Better Sex After Prostate Disease The Lovin' Ain't Over: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation After the Stork: The Couple's Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression The Couple's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Lovers
