genre the little devil
The Fortune Cookie ( alternative UK title : Meet Whiplash Willie ) is a 1966 black ___MASK19___ film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in their first on - screen collaboration . It was produced and directed by Billy Wilder from a script by Wilder and I . A . L . Diamond . Coffee and Cigarettes is the title of three short films and a 2003 ___MASK42___ film by independent film director Jim Jarmusch . The film consists of 11 short stories which share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread , and includes the earlier three short films . Stefania Sandrelli ( born 5 June 1946 in Viareggio , Province of Lucca ) is an Italian actress , famous for her many roles in the commedia all ' Italiana , starting from 1960s . She was 14 years old when she starred in " Divorce , Italian Style ", as Marcello Mastroianni ' s cousin , Angela . Night on Earth is a 1991 film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch . It is a collection of five vignettes , taking place during the same night , concerning the temporary bond formed between taxi driver and passenger in five cities : Los Angeles , New York , Paris , Rome , and Helsinki . Jarmusch wrote the ___MASK29___ in about eight days , and the choice of certain cities was largely based on the actors with whom he wanted to work . The ___MASK80___ of the same name is by Tom Waits . Roberto Remigio Benigni , ( born 27 October 1952 ) is an Italian actor , ___MASK31___ , screenwriter and director . He co - wrote , directed and acted in the 1997 film " Life Is Beautiful ", which garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . He also portrayed Inspector Clouseau ' s son in " Son of the Pink Panther " ( 1993 ) and has collaborated with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch in three of his films : " Down by Law " ( 1986 ), " Night on Earth " ( 1991 ) and " Coffee and Cigarettes " ( 2003 ). A ___MASK31___ or ___MASK1___ is a person who seeks to entertain an audience , primarily by making them laugh . This might be through jokes or amusing situations , or acting a fool , as in slapstick , or employing prop ___MASK19___ . A ___MASK31___ who addresses an audience directly is called a stand - up ___MASK1___ . Stranger Than Paradise is a 1984 American absurdist / deadpan ___MASK19___ film , written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring jazz musician John Lurie , former Sonic Youth drummer - turned - actor Richard Edson , and Hungarian - born actress Eszter Balint . The film features a minimalist plot in which the main character , Willie , has a cousin from Hungary named Eva . Eva stays with him for ten days before going to Cleveland . Willie and his friend Eddie eventually go to Cleveland to visit Eva . The Odd Couple II is the 1998 ___MASK44___ to 1968 ' s " The Odd Couple ". Written by Neil Simon ( who also produced ), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison . The film was the actors ' last together . It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a ___MASK44___ in which all leads return . Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a fictional character in Blake Edwards ' farcical " The Pink Panther " series . In most of the films he was played by Peter Sellers , but one film starred Alan Arkin and another featured an uncredited Roger Moore . In the 2006 " Pink Panther " revival and its 2009 ___MASK44___ , he is played by Steve Martin . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , ___MASK21___ , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental ___MASK13___ , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . The Lounge Lizards was an eclectic ___MASK71___ group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother , pianist Evan Lurie , in 1978 . In American slang , a lounge lizard is typically depicted as a well - dressed man who frequents the establishments in which the rich gather with the intention of seducing a wealthy woman with his flattery and deceptive charm . The Little Devil ( original Italian name Il piccolo diavolo ) is a 1988 Italian film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni , also starring Walter Matthau , Stefania Sandrelli , Nicoletta Braschi and John Lurie . In some European countries and in Australia , an English version of the film , with local subtitles , has been screened and circulated in VHS . In the English version , the voices of the main actors are dubbed by themselves ; some scenes may have been filmed in both languages . Walter Matthau ( October 1 , 1920  July 1 , 2000 ) was an American actor and ___MASK31___ , best known for his role as Oscar Madison in " The Odd Couple " and its sequel 30 years later , " The Odd Couple II ", and his frequent collaborations with " Odd Couple " co - star Jack Lemmon , particularly in the ' 90s with " Grumpy Old Men ". He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film " The Fortune Cookie ." Besides the Oscar , he was the winner of BAFTA , Golden Globe and Tony awards . Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian ___MASK19___ - drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni , who co - wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami . Benigni plays Guido Orefice , a Jewish Italian book shop owner , who employs his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp . The film was partially inspired by the book " In the End , I Beat Hitler " by Rubino Romeo Salmonì and by Benigni ' s father , who spent two years in a German labour camp during World War II . John Lurie ( born December 14 , 1952 ) is an American musician , painter , actor , director , and producer . He co - founded The Lounge Lizards ___MASK86___ ensemble , acted in 19 films , including " Stranger than Paradise " and " Down by ___MASK35___ ", composed and performed music for 20 television and film works , and produced , directed , and starred in the " Fishing with John " television series . In 1996 his ___MASK80___ for " Get Shorty " was nominated for a Grammy Award , and his album " The Legendary Marvin Pontiac : Greatest Hits " has been praised by both critics and fellow musicians . John Uhler " Jack " Lemmon III ( February 8 , 1925  June 27 , 2001 ) was an American actor and musician . Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee , with two wins . He starred in over 60 films , such as " Some Like It Hot ", " The Apartment ", " Mister Roberts " ( for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ), " Days of ___MASK10___ and Roses ", " The Great Race ", " Irma la Douce ", " The Odd Couple ", " Save the Tiger " ( for which he won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor ), " The Out - of - Towners ", " The China Syndrome ", " Missing " ( for which he won Best Actor at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival ), " Glengarry Glen Ross ", " Grumpy Old Men " and " Grumpier Old Men ". A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ), or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English - language ___MASK11___ industry . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the ___MASK11___ industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( television ), the Tony Awards ( stage performance ), and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ). The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U . S .- based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ). It is given to a feature - length motion picture produced outside the ___MASK53___ with a predominantly non - English ___MASK9___ track . The Odd Couple is a ___MASK65___ by Neil Simon . Following its premiere on Broadway in 1965 , the characters were revived in a successful 1968 film and 1970s television series , as well as other derivative works and spin - offs . The plot concerns two mismatched roommates : the neat , uptight Felix Ungar and the slovenly , easygoing Oscar Madison . Simon adapted the ___MASK65___ in 1985 to feature a pair of female roommates ( Florence Ungar and Olive Madison ) in The Female Odd Couple . An updated version of the 1965 show appeared in 2002 with the title Oscar and Felix : A New Look at the Odd Couple . ___MASK37___ with John is a 1991 ___MASK33___ conceived , directed by and starring actor and musician John Lurie , which earned a ___MASK6___ following . On the surface , the series resembles a standard travel or fishing show : in each episode , Lurie takes a famous guest on a fishing expedition . Since Lurie has no expert knowledge of fishing , the interest is in the interaction between Lurie and his guests , all of whom are his friends . Nothing particularly unusual actually happens , but the show is edited and narrated in a way to suggest that Lurie and his guest are involved in dramatic and even ___MASK59___ adventures . A ___MASK29___ writer , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting , writing screenplays on which ___MASK12___ media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . ___MASK22___ Roberto " Jim " Jarmusch ( born January 22 , 1953 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , actor , producer , editor , and composer . He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s , directing such films as " Stranger Than Paradise " ( 1984 ), " Down by ___MASK35___ " ( 1986 ), " Mystery Train " ( 1989 ), " Dead Man " ( 1995 ), "" ( 1999 ), " Coffee and Cigarettes " ( 2003 ), " Broken Flowers " ( 2005 ), and " Only Lovers Left Alive " ( 2013 ). " Stranger Than Paradise " was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002 . As a musician , Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem . Commedia all ' italiana ( i . e . " ___MASK19___ in the Italian way ") or Italian - style ___MASK19___ is an Italian film genre . It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli ' s " I soliti ignoti " (" Big Deal on Madonna Street ") in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi ' s " Divorzio all ' italiana " (" Divorce Italian Style ", 1961 ).