Plaza Suite Movie Review 1971

Three alternating skits from Neil Simon's play about different couples staying at the New York hotel. Matthau shines in all three vignettes. Some of Simon's funnier stuff, with the first sketch being the best: Matthau and Stapleton are a couple celebrating their 24th anniversary. She's sentimental, while he's yearning for his mistress. Number two has producer Matthau putting the make on old flame Harris, while the finale has father Matthau coaxing his anxious daughter out of the bathroom on her wedding day.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Play, Grand Hotel, Comedy Anthologies, Plays to Film: Neil Simon, New York, New York

Screenplay

Neil Simon

Cast

Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant, Louise Sorel

Director

Arthur Hiller

Music

Maurice Jarre

Producer

Paramount Pictures