The amount of time that Jennie MacLaine (Marsha Mason) and George Schneuder (James Caan) knew each other before they got married was ten days. In real-life, Marsha Mason and Neil Simon knew each other for twenty-two days before they got married.
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Arthur Hiller was in consideration to direct.
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Scottie tells Lou Daniels, "I think we started out as The Odd Couple, and suddenly we're turning into The Sunshine Boys." Jack Lemmon starred in the film version of The Odd Couple (1968) with his longtime co-star, Walter Matthau, who also starred in The Sunshine Boys (1975). Both movies were based on plays by Neil Simon).
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Jack Lemmon's role on the Broadway stage as Scottie Templeton in "Tribute" marked the first time in eighteen years that the actor had treaded the boards on Broadway.
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In the film, Jud and Lou Daniels hear a loud "pop" that sounds like a gunshot. They both rush into the other room, thinking that Scottie has committed suicide, only to find out that he has just popped the cork on a champagne bottle. This is a repeat of the same gag that Jack Lemmon used in The Apartment (1960), with Shirley MacLaine.
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Producer Michael Douglas amended the shooting schedule of The China Syndrome (1979) to allow Jack Lemmon to attend rehearsals for the Broadway stage play of Tribute (1980). Douglas was enormously grateful to Lemmon as he remained ready to start work at very short notice for over a year before production started and in the process cost himself a lot of other work. Lemmon agreed to play his role in that movie as early as 1976 and Douglas returned the favor.
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The first collaboration of director Bob Clark and actress Kim Cattrall. The others being Porky's (1981), Turk 182 (1985), and Baby Geniuses (1999).
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Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick previously played a married couple in Days of Wine and Roses (1962).
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The film was entered into competition at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in 1981 where Jack Lemmon was awarded the prestigious Silver Bear for Best Actor. Lemmon was also nominated for Best Actor Academy Award as well as the Golden Globe equivalent. Moreover, Lemmon won the Canadian Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor.
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The film was inspired by the life of talent agent Harvey Orkin.
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This film was made and released about two years after its stage play of the same name by Bernard Slade was first performed in 1978.
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Prior to the film's source play opening on Broadway, playwright Bernard Slade and producer Morton Gottlieb sold the film rights to the Paramount Pictures studio for more than US $1 million. On the play's big opening night party at Tavern on the Green, Gottlieb gave payment in full checks to investors without even having to rely on monies from the film sale.
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Jack Lemmon once said of his Scottie Templeton character: "If I had to choose one role as my favorite this has got to be it!". Moreover, Lemmon once said of "Tribute"'s story, it's "the most fascinating mixture of comedy and drama that I've found since The Apartment (1960)".
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One of a number of cinema adaptations of Bernard Slade written plays that were filmed during the late 1970s - early 1980s. The others were Romantic Comedy (1983) and Same Time, Next Year (1978).
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The original Broadway production of "Tribute" by Bernard Slade opened on 1st June 1 1978 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater and ran for 212 performances until 2nd December 1978. The setting of the play is described in its intro as: "The living room of a New York townhouse and on the stage of a New York theatre".
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Playwright Bernard Slade wrote the character of Scottie Templeton especially for Jack Lemmon.
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An accomplished, self-taught pianist, Jack Lemmon wrote the theme for the movie Tribute (1980).
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Jack Lemmon was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Tribute" and recreated his role in this movie.
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