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Staring:
Walter Matthau,
Glenda Jackson,
Art Carney,
Richard Benjamin,
Candice Azzara
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $6.77
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
EAN: 9780783286945
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0783286945
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-05-31
Running Time: 98
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1978 |
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Product Description
CHARLEY IS A SURGEON WHO RECENTLY LOST HIS WIFE AND EMBARKS ON A TRAGICOMIC ROMANTIC QUEST WITH ONE WOMAN AFTER ANOTHER UNTIL HE MEETS UP WITH ANN, A SINGULAR WOMAN, CLOSER TO HIS OWN AGE, WHO IMMEDIATELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY CAPTURES HIS HEART.
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 Vintage Mattau, 2008-09-12
Good period movie with fine performances by Mattau and Glenda Jackson. Mattau plays a Doctor who must choose between empty relationships with young sexpots or a good older woman. Guess who wins. Good representation of films of that era.
House calls, 2009-10-06
Excellent and very funny movie. Highly recommended if you loved Walter Mathau like I did. My favorite movie of his was A New Leaf with Elaine May-they were both brilliant in their parts. I got a copy of A New Leaf from an English company that probably pirates them. But this one, along with many others, are wonderful.
House calls for whoopee, 2008-08-14
"House Calls" is a delightful romantic comedy that focuses on prevalent social issues. Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson have a wonderful chemistry together. Art Carney plays to caricature the bumbling bureacrat and surgeon who is director of an unsuccesful hospital. Richard Benjamin, so popular in 1978 when the film was released, was charming as Matthau's foil.
Jackson and Matthau first meet when Jackson is a patient of an ancient medical practice administered by Carney's character. Matthau, a top surgeon and recent widower beset by younger social climbers seeking his attentions, rectifies the old treatment with a simple medical procedure.
They next meet as debaters on a television program. After all the chirpies, he is intrigued by a woman who is closer to his age and can think. How they get together is a hilarious scene and a natural development of a relationship, instead of his usual flowers, dinner, overnight roll in the sack, home the next morning.
The title refers, of course, to the house calls he makes to his younger dates, not in any way related to doctor visits. This film is enjoyable with a definite nod toward compatibility and marriage. According to my brother, "It's a pretty good movie," expressed with approval. Of course, I agree.
4.5 stars (Art Carney was annoying.)
Freat Duo, 2009-04-27
An all time favorite. Walter and Glenda are a perfect match - for comedy of the best kind. Added bonus is Richard Benjamin and Art Carney
Love Never Dies, 2009-04-09
Walter Matthau is back in this top notch comedy about a middleaged widower who begins dating again; as to be expected, this middleaged casanova leaps from one relationship to another until he meets Ann, played by Glenda Jackson, a recent divorcee. The two then end up on a romantice rollercoaster ride that ends up to be an expose of the dating game. Art Carney adds his own brand of humor to this comedy of errors as he portrays an aging chief of surgery stumbling toward retirement. A thoroughly enjoyable trip through middleaged love.
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