Although he did an unbilled part the following year in The Legend of Bagger Vance, Jack Lemmon went out with like John Wayne did in The Shootist with a film that shows the man's philosophy of life. As Professor Morrie Schwartz, a college professor dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, he imparts a lot of wisdom to one of his former students, Hank Azaria who is drawn into spending time with him and learning how to really live and love. Azaria looks forward to spending his Tuesdays With Morrie.
The film has no real plot, it's basically a two character film with a little time for Azaria's girl friend Wendy Moniz. Both Lemmon and Azaria play beautifully off each other.
Azaria at one time wanted a musical career, but he became a sportswriter and one good at his trade. But writing about the accomplishments of athletes whose achievements while lauded by fans aren't really doing anything to make the world a better place. He's so much on the run to various sports events that Moniz just tells him to straighten out his priorities before she commits.
Lemmon, a former English professor of Azaria's from Brandeis University, is just the man to do it. Although Lemmon's character is hardly like Theodore Roosevelt, he would agree with the old Rough Rider when he says that 'life and death are part of the same glorious adventure'.
Oprah Winfrey produced Tuesdays With Morrie and it earned an Emmy Award to go with those two Oscars that Jack Lemmon got in his long and distinguished career. Lemmon hits so many emotions within the viewer at the same time you watch the film knowing you're seeing not a movie, but a testament.
Tuesdays With Morrie is recommended for all film viewers who if they're not fans of Jack Lemmon they will be after seeing this.
The film has no real plot, it's basically a two character film with a little time for Azaria's girl friend Wendy Moniz. Both Lemmon and Azaria play beautifully off each other.
Azaria at one time wanted a musical career, but he became a sportswriter and one good at his trade. But writing about the accomplishments of athletes whose achievements while lauded by fans aren't really doing anything to make the world a better place. He's so much on the run to various sports events that Moniz just tells him to straighten out his priorities before she commits.
Lemmon, a former English professor of Azaria's from Brandeis University, is just the man to do it. Although Lemmon's character is hardly like Theodore Roosevelt, he would agree with the old Rough Rider when he says that 'life and death are part of the same glorious adventure'.
Oprah Winfrey produced Tuesdays With Morrie and it earned an Emmy Award to go with those two Oscars that Jack Lemmon got in his long and distinguished career. Lemmon hits so many emotions within the viewer at the same time you watch the film knowing you're seeing not a movie, but a testament.
Tuesdays With Morrie is recommended for all film viewers who if they're not fans of Jack Lemmon they will be after seeing this.