Neil Simon on Screen

Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright on Broadway, and the winner of many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement. Many of his plays have been adapted into films and made-for-television movies, and he has written original screenplays and television specials.
This book provides a catalogue of Simon’s screen work with cast and crew information, synopses, release dates, reviews, awards and DVD availability. Notes on each film cover his narrative subjects and themes as well as adaptation, direction and performance.

Peter Shelley is a playwright, screenwriter and author of several film books. He lives in Gosford, Australia.

Peter Shelley
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 232
Bibliographic Info: 37 photos, appendix, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2015
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7198-0
eISBN: 978-1-4766-1752-7
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments iv
Preface 1
Introduction 5
Part One: Film Adaptations
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) 15
Barefoot in the Park (1967) 22
The Odd Couple (1968) 29
Sweet Charity (1969) 37
Plaza Suite (1971) 46
Star Spangled Girl (1971) 55
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972) 62
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) 68
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) 73
The Sunshine Boys (1975) 78
California Suite (1978) 83
Chapter Two (1979) 87
Only When I Laugh (1981) 92
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) 98
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) 102
Biloxi Blues (1988) 105
Lost in Yonkers (1993) 110
Part Two: Original Screenplays
After the Fox (1966) 115
The Out of Towners (1970) 121
Murder by Death (1976) 127
Bogart Slept Here (not released) 131
The Goodbye Girl (1977) 136
The Cheap Detective (1978) 140
Seems Like Old Times (1980) 145
Max Dugan Returns (1983) 147
The Slugger’s Wife (1985) 151
The Marrying Man (1991) 155
The Odd Couple II (1998) 161
Part Three: Television Specials and Adaptations
The Trouble with People (1972) 167
The Good Doctor (1978) 169
Broadway Bound (1992) 172
Jake’s Women (1996) 176
London Suite (1996) 180
The Sunshine Boys (1997) 184
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001) 187
The Goodbye Girl (2004) 192
Appendix: Theatre Credits 197
Bibliography 213
Index 223