Three vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Walter Matthau | ... | Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Norma Hubley | |
| Barbara Harris | ... | Muriel Tate | |
| Maureen Stapleton | ... | Karen Nash | |
| Louise Sorel | ... | Jean McCormack | |
| Dan Ferrone | ... | Bellboy | |
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José Ocasio | ... | Room Service Waiter (as Jose Ocasio) |
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Thomas Carey | ... | Borden Eisler |
| Jenny Sullivan | ... | Mimsey Hubley | |
| Augusta Dabney | ... | Mrs. Eisler | |
| Alan North | ... | Mr. Eisler | |
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Three separate stories concerning relationship issues are presented, each largely taking place in suite 719 of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In story one, suburban New Yorkers Sam and Karen Nash are spending the night in the hotel as their house is being painted, but more importantly for Karen because it is their twenty-"something" wedding anniversary, the hotel where they spent their honeymoon. While Karen wants to recreate the romance that she remembers of their wedding night, Sam is preoccupied with business matters. But it is other issues that highlight their fundamental differences that may demonstrate if they will make it to twenty-something plus one. In story two, womanizing Hollywood movie producer Jesse Kiplinger has exactly two hours free during his whirlwind stay in New York, which he wants to fill with a quickie. Of the many women he calls, the first to agree to meet at his suite is his old hometown flame, married Muriel Tate. Muriel, who knows what Jesse wants, he who... Written by Huggo
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Roy Hubley: Shtall em, shtall em. Just keep shtalling em. Whatever you do shtall em!
Norma Hubley: [on the phone to the wedding reception] Yes Mrs. Eisler we'll be down in two minutes.
Roy Hubley: Are you crazy?! I told you to shtall em!
Norma Hubley [innocently]: I did stall them - you've got two minutes.
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In 1969, Paramount announced that the movie's three vignettes would star George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton (both of whom had played all the roles on Broadway); Peter Sellers and Barbra Streisand; and Walter Matthau and Lucille Ball. In the end Matthau wound up playing all male roles, with Barbara Harris subbing for Streisand, and Lee Grant playing Ball's role. See more »Goofs
In Act 3, Norma Hubley's hat gets soaking wet when she sticks her head out of the window. In the next shot it is dry again. See more »Quotes
[coaxing his wife while she's on the phone]Roy Hubley: Shtall em, shtall em. Just keep shtalling em. Whatever you do shtall em!
Norma Hubley: [on the phone to the wedding reception] Yes Mrs. Eisler we'll be down in two minutes.
Roy Hubley: Are you crazy?! I told you to shtall em!
Norma Hubley [innocently]: I did stall them - you've got two minutes.
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12 May 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I just watched this movie for the first time. And I have re-watched the first "act" a number of times now. I never gave Maureen Stapleton much of a thought, frankly. Until I watched this movie. I like this movie very much. It will be one of my "go-to's,"- those pictures that I can always watch and always enjoy. Matthau is effective throughout. Act 2 is played quite broadly, and it's a fun segment, but the weakest. Act 3 is (because I can't think of a better descriptor) conventionally funny - it follows the familiar pattern, and it's very good. But the best is the first act where the real focus is Stapleton. From the moment we first see her, she looks real. I wager that most people who watch this movie knows someone that is her character. Watch her closely, as she puts nuance into every scene - the expressions on her face, the gestures. There's a scene where she sits down on a bed, back to the camera as Matthau leaves the room. It's followed by her talking to herself. It's a brilliant bit of acting, that feels so real, and struck an emotional chord in me. I gave this an "8." If I had to grade each act separately, it would be: Act 1 - 10; Act 2 - 7; Act 3 - 8 Watch and enjoy.