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House Calls |  | Director: Howard Zieff
Actors: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD24221D
ISBN: 0783286945
UPC: 025192422126
EAN: 9780783286945
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
Release Date: May 31, 2005
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Product Description
Charley is a surgeon who recently lost his wife and embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with ann a singular woman closer to his own age who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Walter Matthau Dick Oneill Run time: 98 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Howard Zieff
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 House calls October 6, 2009
Denese Eastin (Pleasant Hill CA)
Excellent and very funny movie. Highly recommended if you loved Walter Mathau like I did. My favorite movie of his was A New Leaf with Elaine May-they were both brilliant in their parts. I got a copy of A New Leaf from an English company that probably pirates them. But this one, along with many others, are wonderful.
Freat Duo April 27, 2009
Kathryn Murdock (el granada, CA USA)
An all time favorite. Walter and Glenda are a perfect match - for comedy of the best kind. Added bonus is Richard Benjamin and Art Carney
Love Never Dies April 9, 2009
Richard C. Idoux (APO, AE United States)
Walter Matthau is back in this top notch comedy about a middleaged widower who begins dating again; as to be expected, this middleaged casanova leaps from one relationship to another until he meets Ann, played by Glenda Jackson, a recent divorcee. The two then end up on a romantice rollercoaster ride that ends up to be an expose of the dating game. Art Carney adds his own brand of humor to this comedy of errors as he portrays an aging chief of surgery stumbling toward retirement. A thoroughly enjoyable trip through middleaged love.
 Vintage Mattau September 12, 2008
A. Crawford (Houston, Texas USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good period movie with fine performances by Mattau and Glenda Jackson. Mattau plays a Doctor who must choose between empty relationships with young sexpots or a good older woman. Guess who wins. Good representation of films of that era.
House calls for whoopee August 14, 2008
Judy K. Polhemus (LA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
"House Calls" is a delightful romantic comedy that focuses on prevalent social issues. Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson have a wonderful chemistry together. Art Carney plays to caricature the bumbling bureacrat and surgeon who is director of an unsuccesful hospital. Richard Benjamin, so popular in 1978 when the film was released, was charming as Matthau's foil.
Jackson and Matthau first meet when Jackson is a patient of an ancient medical practice administered by Carney's character. Matthau, a top surgeon and recent widower beset by younger social climbers seeking his attentions, rectifies the old treatment with a simple medical procedure.
They next meet as debaters on a television program. After all the chirpies, he is intrigued by a woman who is closer to his age and can think. How they get together is a hilarious scene and a natural development of a relationship, instead of his usual flowers, dinner, overnight roll in the sack, home the next morning.
The title refers, of course, to the house calls he makes to his younger dates, not in any way related to doctor visits. This film is enjoyable with a definite nod toward compatibility and marriage. According to my brother, "It's a pretty good movie," expressed with approval. Of course, I agree.
4.5 stars (Art Carney was annoying.)
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