Tag: Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder’s best films are dominated by a cold, unforgiving eye for the more venal realities of American life. His movies comprise a cinematic hall of fame for some of the most wondrously ill-spirited pictures ever made. Here we will review about his 1996 movie The Fortune Cookie. Jack Lemmon Plays TV Cameraman Lovably schlubby Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) is a CBS network cameraman who’s mildly hurt covering a Cleveland Browns game when a star player accidentally bulls into him along the sidelines. Enter Harry's greedy, ambulance-chasing brother-in-law, “Whiplash Willie” Gingrich. Walter Matthau took the supporting actor Oscar for Willie, the role that marked his first on-screen pairing with Lemmon. Willie, the prototypical shyster lawyer, wants Harry to fake a much more ...