The Heartbreak Kid (1972) DVD The Original with Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd
The Heartbreak Kid 1972 DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color. Widescreen. THE ORIGINAL. New, lower price for a limited time. Starring: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Eddie Albert, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, William Prince, Doris Roberts, Art Metrano, Neil Simon. Written by Neil Simon, based on the story "A Change of Plan" by Bruce Jay Friedman. 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