Prisoner Of Second Avenue

Starring: Jack Lemmon; Anne Bancroft; Gene Saks & Elizabeth Wilson Director: Melvin Frank

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Mono - English

Description by OLDIES.com:

And You Think You've Got Problems...

Forty-eight-year-old Manhattanite Mel Edison just lost his job. Soon he'll lose his wardrobe, temper, self-respect and, maybe, his mind. In urban life's grueling guerrilla war, Mel just became The Prisoner Of Second Avenue.

Adapting his 1971 stage hit, Neil Simon develops Mel's anxiety-ridden plight with razor-edged empathy - and deliciously clever gags. Academy Award winners Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are in top form as Mel and his loving wife Edna, skillfully melding zany farce with the bittersweet agony of middle-class people whose wall-to-wall carpeting has suddenly been yanked out from under them. Keep a sharp eye out for alleged pickpocket Sylvester Stallone and cabbie F. Murray Abraham in early career roles.

Product Description:

This comedy-drama is about a recently unemployed executive and the resulting trauma which follows him and his understanding wife.

Plot Synopsis:

Modern city life starts to prove too much for one New York couple -- they're cracking under the strain. And now he's lost his job...

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Drama | Theatrical Release

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