Barney Cashman (Alan Arkin, The In-Laws), a middle-aged seafood restaurant owner in an unhappy marriage, realizes that his mother’s apartment will be vacant one afternoon each week, spurring numerous raucous attempts at seduction. In his consistently comedic quest to be a “red hot lover”, Cashman makes various discoveries about himself and, subsequently, the woman he pledged fidelity to.
Based on revered American playwright Neil Simon’s (The Odd Couple, Barefoot In the Park) play of the same name, LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS was adapted for the screen by Simon himself and directed by frequent stage and screen collaborator Gene Saks (The Odd Couple, play and film). Featuring a delightfully manic lead performance by Arkin and a gifted ensemble cast including Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Paula Prentiss (The Stepford Wives) and Renée Taylor (A New Leaf), Cinématographe is proud to present this often overlooked entry in the careers of Neil Simon, Gene Saks and Alan Arkin in a new 4K restoration from its original camera negative, making its world blu-ray debut!
directed by: Gene Saks
starring: Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss, Renée Taylor
1972 / 98 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- New audio commentary with film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger
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The Look - a new video interview with actress Renee Taylor
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Beyond the Staged Play: Gene Saks' Direction of Last of the Red Hot Lovers - a new video essay by film critic Matthew Zoller Seitz
- New text essays by film critics Drew McWeeny, Chris Shields and Justine Smith
- English SDH subtitles
