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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Billy Wilder’s earlier comic pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon has the same bone-dry cruelty, escalating inconvenience, and sharply timed double-act chaos that make Buddy Buddy distinctive.
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Why this pick
A tightly wound ordinary man is battered by an absurdly hostile chain of setbacks, delivering the same escalating, bleakly comic pressure and exasperated pace.
03
Why this pick
Its mismatched middle-aged duo, increasingly ludicrous criminal predicament, and straight-faced treatment of danger closely suit Buddy Buddy’s anxious farce.
04
Why this pick
For the pleasure of precision-built farce: a frantic hotel-centered collision of pursuers, mistaken identities, and escalating comic destruction, played with brisk classic-Hollywood snap.
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Why this pick
A professional criminal’s job is derailed by an impossible companion, turning threat into a sharp, character-driven chase comedy with a similarly adversarial odd-couple rhythm.
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01 / THE STORY
Contract killing Trabucco has been hired to eliminate Rudy "Disco" Gambola before he testifies against fellow members of the Organized crime, but completing the contract becomes problematic once he encounters suicidal Victor Clooney, an emotionally disturbed Broadcast Standards and Practices staying in the room adjacent to his in the Ramona Hotel in Riverside, California.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Victor Clooney
Trabucco
Celia Clooney
Eddie, the Bellhop
Assistant Manager
Receptionist
Rudy 'Disco' Gambola
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
