The lackluster debut of their studio album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. In the four years prior to the TV special airing on CBS, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had become musical icons. MMC! will take a different tack, proposing a wacky “C” for one of Grodin’s rare directorial efforts: his 1969 TV special, Simon & Garfunkel: Songs of America.īy all rights, Simon & Garfunkel: Songs of America should have been a resounding success. For many cinephiles with ideas of seeing more Charles Grodin in the Collection, The Heartbreak Kid is a natural first choice, with Grodin giving a bravura performance in black comedy and the film becoming a cinematic delicacy due to its complicated rights and resultant scarcity. Grodin grabbed attention two years later playing Captain “Aarfy” Aardvark in Mike Nichols’ Catch-22 (1970) and then established himself as a comedic actor two years after that as the titular character in Elaine May’s The Heartbreak Kid (1972). Grodin’s sole appearance in the Collection’s physical media library is Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968) wherein he plays the small role of obstetrician Dr. With the sad news of Charles Grodin’s passing in May, thoughts at MMC! have turned to Hollywood’s favourite grump and his place in the Criterion Collection.
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