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Directed by Donald Petrie, the screenplay was written by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the sequel, Grumpier Old Men (1995). The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Donald Petrie is an American film director. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... Walter Matthau and Sophia Loren in Grumpier Old Men Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 Warner Bros. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1995. ...

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Plot summary

The story concerns two men, John Gustafson (played by Lemmon), a retired teacher, and Max Goldman (played by Matthau), a retired television repairman. Both live in Wabasha, and are widowers. They live close together and have known each other all their lives, yet are permanently disputing with each other, usually over who is the better fisherman. John is having trouble with the IRS, which is hinted at throughout the movie. John's daughter Melanie is played by Daryl Hannah, and Max's son Jacob is played by Kevin Pollak. John's father, known as Grandpa Gustafson, is alive and played by Burgess Meredith. Wabasha is a city located in Wabasha County, Minnesota. ...

Ariel, an attractive widow (played by Ann-Margret) moves into the house across the street from her. Her arrivial causes quite a stir in town, and everyone reacts differently to her.

Both men court her, but Ariel and John find themselves falling in love, despite Max's comic attempts to sabotage the relationship. As John had won a similar contest a number of years ago, he decides to let Max win this second round, and breaks up with Ariel. On Christmas Eve the stress of his breakup with Ariel, combined with his tax troubles, and Melanie's troubled marriage causes John to have a heart attack. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

The heart attack causes Max to reevalulate things, and he figures out that John and Ariel are meant for each other. Ariel goes to see John in the hospital, and they resume their relationship. At the same time, the IRS gets a court order to sieze John's house. Max keeps the IRS agent from entering John's house long enough for Jacob to get a cease and desist order from the court.

John gets well and leaves the hospital. Shortly afterwards he and Ariel wed. Max tells John that Jacob got the IRS to waive the penalities and interest, and that he took care of the $13,000 the IRS said John owed them. That night Max goes to a dance, figuring he might get lucky. The movie ends with Jacob and Melanie beginning a romantic relationship.

Quotes

John tells his father that Ariel moved in.
John: Did you hear, someone moved into the old Klickner place? A woman.
Grandpa: A woman?
John: Yeah.
Grandpa: Did you mount her?
John: Ohhh, Dad!
Grandpa: Well the woman, does she have big thighs?
John: No!
Grandpa: No?! Then what's the problem? If I was a young fella like you, I'd be mounting every woman in Wabasha. (Grabs the six pack of beer out of his son's hands). Keep the change! The missionary position is the most common position for sexual intercourse in humans The cowgirl sex position is a position frequently combined with kissing, caressing, and embracing of the paramour . The Doggy position is thus named because canines, as well as most other mammals, use this position. ...

Max: Morning, dickhead.
John: Hello, moron.

External links

• Grumpy Old Men at the Internet Movie Database