Neil Simon adapted this 1997 comedy from his 1972 play, first filmed in 1975 with
Walter Matthau and
George Burns as two feuding veteran vaudevillians reuniting to do a television special. For this new version, Simon updated the period and characters into a tale of two comedians (
Woody Allen,
Peter Falk), once popular in the 1950s. Their successful comedy team split up, but now Warner Brothers wants to bring them back together for cameos in a movie that's "funnier than
Home Alone" -- so with salaries of $75,000 each, how can they refuse? Filmed in New York, this movie premiered December 28, 1997 on
Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide