I'm Not Rappaport (1996)

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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Dec 27, 1996

Running Time: 136 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Boyd Gaines, Martha Plimpton, Guillermo Diaz, Elina Lowensohn, Ron Rifkin, Marin Hinkle

director: Herb Gardner

This inspirational celebration of the lunacy and levity of life follows two of the most captivating characters you've ever met, who comically and heroically tilt at the injustices around them. Nat and Midge meet regularly in Central Park, but at first glance you might not know why. Nat is a feisty, quick-witted trickster who has a new plan and a new identity for every occasion. As he puts it: "I make certain alterations. Sometimes the truth don't fit. I take in here, let out there 'til it fits." Midge, on the other hand, is a quiet and proud man--a former champion boxer now fighting to keep both a job and his peace of mind. That is, if Nat would just leave him.

December 8, 2000

Back in 1958, Walter Matthau co-starred with Elvis Presley in King Creole and took some lip from the Hungarian director Michael Curtiz: "Matthau, you are high-priced actor. Pretend you are low-priced actor. Don't act so much." Matthau has built a long and lucrative career by ignoring that advice. Insiders are already touting him for an Oscar for overacting his grumpy old head off as Nat Moyer, the 81-year-old Jewish radical who harangues the denizens of New York's Central Park, especially Midge…