The Heartbreak Kid
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The Heartbreak Kid

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The Heartbreak Kid (1972) DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color. Widescreen. Starring: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Eddie Albert, Jeannie Berlin. Written by Neil Simon. Directed by Elaine May. After her brilliant career in a comedy duo with Mike Nichols, Elaine May made tentative progress as a director, making only four films between 1971 and 1987 (her last being the disastrous but underrated Ishtar). Released in 1972, The Heartbreak Kid (from a screenplay by Neil Simon) is widely considered her best work from behind the camera, and it's still one of the most accomplished--but least recognized--comedies of the 1970s. Charles Grodin landed one of his best roles as Lenny, a newlywed husband who meets a gorgeous blonde (Cybill Shepherd) while on his honeymoon, and finds his new bride, Lila (played by May's daughter, Jeannie Berlin), unappealing by comparison. When Lila is forced to rest with a severe case of sunburn, Lenny's free to pursue his

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