Although with its long dialogue scenes this occasionally feels like the play that it was, it's wonderful overall and Gardner's a bit of an unknown genius. Matthau's anti-establishment figure is almost an older version of the Thousand Clowns character, and we really feel for them both. It's also very funny.
Walter Matthau (76) Ossie Davis (79) Amy Irving, Craig T Nelson, Martha Plimpton, Boyd Gaines.
Central Park really well caught; feeling of indifferent city when Matthau collapses chilling. The incidental sax score is by none other than Gerry Mulligan.
ph. Adam Holender (clearly a New York cameraman: Midnight Cowboy and Smoke).
Knowing how much Gardner contributed to A Thousand Clowns (as recounted in editor Ralph Rosenblum's fascinating book When the Shooting Stops) you can bet he was much involved in the editing also.
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