OSCARS '75: The Sunshine Boys
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of racism and sexism, and later, discussions of rape culture, sexual assault, loss of hearing, deafness.
Hey, look! A fun movie for once! Seriously some of the films in this category were meant to be entertaining but instead wound up being incredible bores. Even our favorite movie thus far deals with the intensely difficult subject matter of mental illness and institutionalization. So a comedy about two old comedians who are rivals, even if they don’t remember why? Count us in! It doesn’t hurt that the prolific and fantastic Neil Simon is writing this script - at the very least, you know whatever you’re gonna watch will have laughs and a solid script. But is the majestic duo of an uncharacteristically wacky Walter Matthau and the genius dry wit of George Burns that make this film such a delight. Grab your make up, doctor’s coat and “ahh” sticks as we continue our Oscars ‘75 series with The Sunshine Boys.
PLUS: Reviews of the new films Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal.
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from the song “Make ‘Em Laugh,” with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Copyright 1952 MGM Records, Inc. & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Excerpt taken from “Day of the Locust” from the film of the same name, written and composed by John Barry. Copyright 1974 Long Road Productions.
