Buddy Buddy

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Buddy Buddy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Billy Wilder
Produced by	Alain Bernheim Jay Weston Charles Matthau
Written by	Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond
Starring	Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Paula Prentiss Klaus Kinski
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Jr.
Editing by	Art J. Nelson
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	December 11, 1981 April 1, 1982 April 16 May 14
Running time	96 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000 (estimate)
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Buddy Buddy is a 1981 dark comedy based on the play by Francis Veber. It stars Jack Lemmon as a man on the verge of suicide, Walter Matthau as a hitman for the mob, Paula Prentiss as Lemmon's wife, and Klaus Kinski as the director of a sex clinic. It was the last motion picture directed by Billy Wilder.

With a much more cynical tone than other Matthau/Lemmon films, the film performed beneath expectations; adding to this, the reviews were largely negative (Ebert & Siskel put it on their "Worst of the Year" list).

[edit] External links

• Buddy Buddy at the Internet Movie Database

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