{"id":78839,"date":"2021-12-20T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78839"},"modified":"2021-12-20T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:54:35","slug":"out-of-towners-the-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78839","title":{"rendered":"Out of Towners, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A lot of people are going to pay for this night!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster-661x1024.png 661w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Poster.png 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile travelling to New York so he can interview for an important job the next day, a sales executive (Jack Lemmon) and his wife (Sandy Dennis) find their trip from Ohio ruined by various delays, and soon are sleeping overnight in Central Park.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Jack Lemmon Films<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>Neil Simon Films<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Sandy Dennis Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nNeil Simon wrote the original screenplay for this darkly absurdist comedy set in New York City, where anything that can go wrong will. Anybody who&#8217;s experienced travel challenges will surely relate to the travails of this naive midwestern couple, who quickly descend into a living nightmare that is nonetheless all too plausible. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the supporting characters they meet aren&#8217;t monstrous caricatures or criminals, but simply travel and hospitality employees trying to do the right thing; however, they&#8217;re each met with rude indignation from Lemmon, who shows his  self-righteous nature from the very beginning. He harasses a stewardess (Ann Prentiss) for not being willing to make him coffee once they&#8217;ve started their landing pattern: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon-Plane-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; chews out a baggage handler who can&#8217;t find their luggage: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler.png 591w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Handler-499x270.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; mistreats a customer service agent at the airport: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk.png 591w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Baggage-Clerk-499x270.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and insists on exact change from a taxi driver who doesn&#8217;t have any. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver.png 591w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Cab-Driver-499x270.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the couple land in Boston and finally make their way by train to NYC, they learn their room has been given to someone else &#8212; but rather than accept a reasonable offer to wait safely at the hotel until a different room is available, Lemmon subjects himself and his wife to increasingly risky maneuvers across the city. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Hands-Up-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The events they endure are meant to be farcical, of course, and it&#8217;s easy enough to get caught up in the Kafka-esque narrative &#8212; but we also keep wishing entitled Lemmon would calm down already, take a breath, and recognize how foolhardy he sounds when he proclaims, &#8220;I can&#8217;t let everyone push me around forever; it&#8217;s gotta stop sometime!&#8221; Meanwhile, Dennis is a perfect foil for neurotic Lemmon: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused.png 591w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-Bemused-499x270.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; showing exactly how to stay calm, get resourceful, and roll with the punches as needed; it&#8217;s too bad the final sequence doesn&#8217;t afford her some much-deserved comfort. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sandy Dennis as Gwen Kellerman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Dennis-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jack Lemmon as George Kellerman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Lemmon6-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of authentic NYC locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Out-of-Towners-Riot-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066193\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85973\/the-out-of-towners#articles-reviews?articleId=215530\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A lot of people are going to pay for this night!&#8221; Synopsis: While travelling to New York so he can interview for an important job the next day, a sales executive (Jack Lemmon) and his wife (Sandy Dennis) find their trip from Ohio ruined by various delays, and soon are sleeping overnight in Central Park. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Jack Lemmon Films Living Nightmare Neil Simon Films New York City Sandy Dennis Films Review: Neil Simon wrote&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78839\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78839"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78861,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78839\/revisions\/78861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}