The Odd Couple
"On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. (Unger's unseen wife slams door. She reopens it and angrily hands Felix his saucepan) That request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his childhood friend, Oscar Madison. Sometime earlier, Madison's wife had thrown him out, requesting that he never return. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"
Oscar has arranged dates for himself and Felix with Gwendolyn and Cecily Pigeon who live upstairs. Oscar is excited, but Felix is nervous and uncertain. Oscar tries to rally Felix to get back in the dating game, but then both realize that the date will conflict with poker night. Felix wants to cancel the date, but Oscar wants to trick the guys into breaking up the game early.
Splint McCullough is a rough and tough hockey player who spends as much time in the penalty box for fighting as he does on the ice. He and Oscar have just gone a round at a sports bar and Oscar comes away the loser with a black eye. He is determined to get revenge in his column by writing an expose about McCullough. Felix thinks revenge is wrong and when he confronts McCullough he too is forced into a fight.
Oscar has a date with an airline stewardess while Felix is away for the weekend on business. Only Felix isn't away...he's in bed sick with a 48 hour flu. With a high fever Oscar feels guilty about leaving Felix alone and is going to cancel his date. Felix convinces him to bring her to the apartment instead and assures Oscar he'll be quiet. This is just the beginning of a disastrous weekend for Oscar.
Leo Garvey is being released from prison after serving 7 years of a 10 year sentence. The mention of this on the news makes Oscar and Felix reminisce about the first time they met...serving on Garvey's jury. What should be an open and shut case is dragged on by Felix's search for mitigating circumstances. After lengthy deliberation the jury is sequestered overnight and Oscar and Felix spend their first night together and get their first glimpse of each other's annoying habits.
Oscar has a bad hangover and has zero tolerance for Felix or the noise he's making cleaning. They have an argument and Oscar tells Felix to get out. Felix moves in with Murray, Vinnie and the Pigeon sisters and promptly begins driving them all crazy. Meanwhile Oscar is having his own problems with cooking, cleaning and ironing and it isn't long before he realizes how much he wants Felix to move back in.
Felix persuades Oscar to change his lifestyle when his ulcer starts acting out.
Felix ruins the wedding plans of a couple.
Felix gets Oscar to pose in a cologne ad, but soon he lives to regret it.
Oscar and Felix join the Big Brothers foundation. Felix tries to show his little brother culture, but he prefers to be with Oscar.
Felix's pet parrot passes away. While he wants to give the bird an honorable burial, Oscar just wants to get rid of the body.
When Felix leaves on a sudden out of town assignment, their friends think he died at Oscar's hands.
After Oscar refuses to be Scrooge in a children's play, his poker buddies come to him in a dream giving him the Christmas Carol treatment.
Oscar gets accused of stealing $50 from the poker pot during a blackout.
Besides his bad back, Felix thinks he'll have trouble with the cooking contest after Oscar gave away his secret ingredients to his competitor.
While Oscar thinks his Eskimo friend would make a great quarterback, Felix wants him to follow his cello talents.
Oscar falls in love with the doctor that is subbing for Felix's regular doctor.
A gift to Gloria is stolen and Oscar gets help from a shady friend.
Oscar and Felix go into the woods and are interrupted by a girls' group.
Oscar is all set to go to a sportswriter's dinner, but Felix can't leave since he found a baby.
How could Oscar's neighbor's kid get $2000?
Felix gets Oscar fired and he ends up at a new magazine, Harem.
Felix begs Oscar to cure him of his neatness.
How does Oscar tell Felix that his new girlfriend is in a nude play?
Just before a masquerade ball, Felix, Oscar and Nancy get trapped in the basement.
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Tony Randall | Felix Unger |
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Jack Klugman | Oscar Madison |
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Al Molinaro | Officer Murray Greshler |
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Garry Walberg | Speed |
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Larry Gelman | Vinnie |
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Ryan MacDonald | Roy |
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Carole Shelley | Gwendolyn |
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Monica Evans | Cecily |
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Joan Hotchkis | Dr. Nancy Cunningham |
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Christopher Shea | Phillip |
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Ogden Talbot | Messenger Boy |
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Albert Brooks | Rudy |
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Joyce Van Patten | Phyllis Parker |
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Peter Brocco | Max Turner |
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Bill Quinn | Dr. Melnitz |
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Cosmo Sardo | Waiter |
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Richard Stahl | Florist |
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Leonard Barr | Panhandler |
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Johnny Silver | Bum |
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Dee Gardner | Model |
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Clint Howard | Randy Grainger |
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George Wyner | Art Director |
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Dub Taylor | Slim Daniels |
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Benjie Bancroft | Bar Patron |
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John Qualen | Sam Mitchell |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 5 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Mono Mono |
| Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) |
| Distributor | CBS DVD |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Regions | 1 |