The Out-of-Towners (1970) — Index

A directory of pages in the The Out-of-Towners (1970) wiki.

Plot

• The Out-of-Towners (1970) — film hub page

Cast

• Jack Lemmon as George Kellerman
• Sandy Dennis as Gwen Kellerman
• Sandy Baron as TWA representative
• Anne Meara as woman in police station
• Billy Dee Williams as airline clerk
• Anthony Holland as airline supervisor

Production

• Arthur Hiller — director
• Neil Simon — screenplay
• Andrew Laszlo — cinematography
• Quincy Jones — music
• Paramount Pictures — distributor

Themes

• Murphy's Law as urban experience
• The system vs. the city
• The out-of-towner's stance — outrage and the threat of complaint

Analysis

• Plot Structure (The Out-of-Towners) — Two Approaches structural map (quadrant, initial and post-midpoint approaches, ten rivets)
• Backbeats (The Out-of-Towners) — the film in numbered beats
• The Word For Word Climax (The Out-of-Towners) — climax identification, strict-mission test, and catalog row