Out To Sea (1997)

Editor's Note Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are reunited in this hysterically funny high seas romantic adventure. Gambler and con artist Charlie (Walter Matthau) is desperate to meet single, rich ladies with large bank accounts. When he persuades his lonely widower brother-in-law, Herb (Jack Lemmon), into accompanying him on a pleasure cruise, he neglects to mention that they will be working as dance hosts and masquerading as wealthy bachelors. Much to Herb's chagrin, their accommodations are in the bowels of the high-class ship, and they are forced to work for hilariously tyrannical cruise director Gil Godwyn (Brent Spiner). Herb dutifully dances his way into the heart of a lonely widower, Vivian (Gloria De Haven), pretending he is a doctor while Charlie cons high-stakes gamblers and sets his sights on a much younger oil tycoon, Liz (Dyan Cannon). As Charlie and Herb struggle to keep their real identities a secret, their romances blossom until the truth is revealed and they must act fast to save their newly discovered loves.

	Brent Spiner
	Dyan Cannon
	Elaine Stritch
	Gloria DeHaven
	Hal Linden
	Jack Lemmon
	Walter Matthau
	Anne V. Coates - Editor
	David Newman - Original Music By
	David T. Friendly - Producer
	John Davis - Producer
	Lajos Koltai - Cinematographer
	Martha Coolidge - Director
	Robert Nelson Jacobs - Screenplay

A gambler and irrepressible con-artist, Charlie (Walter Matthau) persuades his lonely widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) to join him on a pleasure cruise. What he neglected to mention is that they will masquerade as dance instructors in order to bilk rich women out of their fortunes. Ballroom bumbling ensues in this hilarious comedy, which features fabulous performances by an all star cast including Dyan Cannon, Elaine Stritch, and Gloria De Haven.

"There's no such thing as too late, that's why they invented death."---- Charlie (Walter Matthau) to Herb (Jack Lemmon)

"Madam, I'd be honored if you would take my last name and put it on your bank account."----Charlie

"This place, cozy? A good fart will give you a concussion."----Herb to Charlie

"Why are you sterilizing your trousers?"----Charlie to Herb|"I'm steaming them." Herb's reply|"Oh, then what are you going to do, eat them with garlic butter?"----Charlie's reply back to Herb

"I'm your worst nightmare. A song and dance man raised on a military base."----Gil Godwyn (Brent Spiner) to Charlie and Herb

USA Today
"...Engaging....Nostalgists ought to be tickled..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 07/02/1997 p.5D

New York Times
"...The very funny Mr. Matthau has a natural look....Mr. Lemmon gets his moments of humorous exasperation and a nice allusion to SOME LIKE IT HOT..." 07/02/1997 p.C11