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Synopsis
In this screen adaptation of the award-winning play by Herb Gardner (who also directed the film), Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are two elderly men who sit on the same park bench each afternoon and have developed a relationship based on playful verbal sparring. Nat is an eccentric Jewish leftist who uses a dizzying variety of voices and assumed personalities to get his way, while Midge is the African-American superintendent of an apartment building who is afraid that he's going to be put out to pasture, as he's about to turn 80. Nat tries to encourage Midge to join him in his good-natured con games (which are performed for good causes and not for profit), but Midge remains wary. While Midge sweats out a possible retirement, Nat is trying to deal with his daughter Clara (Amy Irving), who wants to put him in a nursing home. Meanwhile, a drug dealer called The Cowboy (Craig T. Nelson) has claimed the park as his own territory, and Nat, impersonating a Mafia don, tries to run him out, while he befriends Laurie (Martha Plimpton), a young woman hooked on dope. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Council Butcher
Boyd Gaines Pete Danforth
Amy Irving Clara Gelber
Elina Löwensohn Clara Lemlich
Walter Matthau Nat Moyer
Craig T. Nelson The Cowboy
Martha Plimpton Laurie Campbell
Ron Rifkin Feigenbaum
Steve Ryan Harry
Ossie Davis Midge Carter
Guillermo Diaz J.C.
Marin Hinkle Hannah

Production Crew

Ginger Tougas Art Director
Lynn Kressel Casting
Adam Holender Cinematographer
Jennifer Von Mayrhauser Costume Designer
Herb Gardner Director
Emily Paine Editor
Wendey Stanzler Editor
David Sameth Executive Producer
Yudi Bennett First Assistant Director
John Penotti Producer
John Starke Producer
Mark Friedberg Production Designer
Herb Gardner Screenwriter
Gerry Mulligan Songwriter
James J. Sabat Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 135
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for drug content and momentary violence
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Produced by
GreeneStreet Films

Release
by Gramercy Pictures