Scenes featuring Dave Annable of Brothers & Sisters (2006) as a friend of Julie's were cut from the final film.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Reportedly, Neil Simon movie regulars Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon were unavailable for the lead role of Barney Cashman. Matthau was doing Charley Varrick (1973) and Lemmon was working on Avanti! (1972). The part was cast with Alan Arkin.
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Alan Arkin's character is 45 in the film. At the time of filming, Arkin was 38.
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The film was made and released about three years after its source stage play of the same name by Neil Simon was first performed in 1969. The original Broadway production of "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on 28th December 1969 and ran for 706 performances until 4th September 1971. The play was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1970 including Best Play, Best Direction (Robert Moore) , Best Actor (James Coco) and Best Actress (Linda Lavin) but failed to win any category. The play's setting is described in its intro as being "An apartment in the East Thirties. December, August and September - late afternoon".
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The movie was directed by actor-producer-director Gene Saks. Saks also directed a number of other Neil Simon written films such as The Odd Couple (1968), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), and Barefoot in the Park (1967). Saks also co-starred in Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975).
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Originally, when writing the source play's first act, playwright Neil Simon wrote the lead role of Barney Cashman with Martin Balsam in mind. Then for the last two acts, Simon wrote the character with James Coco in mind after Simon saw him in "Next" off-Broadway. Coco was then cast in the lead role of Barney Cashman for the original Broadway production.
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Actors Alan Arkin and Paula Prentiss previously appeared together in Catch-22 (1970).
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One of five Neil Simon written films produced by producer Howard W. Koch and all for the Paramount Pictures studio. The movies include Plaza Suite (1971), Star Spangled Girl (1971), The Odd Couple (1968), Come Blow Your Horn (1963) and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972).
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When Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" opened on Broadway in 1969, two other Simon plays, "Plaza Suite" and "Promises, Promises" were still showing, giving Simon three plays running at the same time on Broadway.
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Although the film, as with its source play, is set in New York City, because of a union strike in Manhattan, the majority of the location filming and exteriors had to be shot elsewhere and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania was chosen for this.
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Robert Moore directed Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" on Broadway. Moore also directed a number of Simon written movies. These were Chapter Two (1979), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978) and for television, The Sunshine Boys (1977).
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Actor Alan Arkin grew a black mustache and shaved the mid section of the top of his head for his lead role of Barney Cashman in this movie.
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The length of time that Barney Cashman (Alan Arkin) had been married before he decided to go on dates and embark on a big romantic affair was 22 years. The number 22 had already been significant for Arkin as he had just recently starred in Catch-22 (1970).
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Neil Simon was inspired to write his "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" play after seeing an off-Broadway production of the erotic stage musical Oh! Calcutta! (1972).
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In September 1972, Paramount widely distributing movie on a double bill with Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam (1972).
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Two years before Renee Taylor co-starred in this film, she was nominated for an Oscar, as a screenwriter. She wrote 'Lovers And Other Strangers' (1970) with her husband, Joe Bologna.
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Actor James Coco played the Alan Arkin Barney Cashman lead role in Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" on Broadway. Coco was nominated for the 1970 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actor in a Drama but did not win. Later, Coco would co-star in three Simon written movies, Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978) and Only When I Laugh (1981), the last of which Coco was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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