A New Leaf (1971) is a black comedy film based on a short story by Jack Ritchie, starring Elaine May, Walter Matthau, George Rose and James Coco. Better known for her collaboration as a stage comedienne with The Graduate director Mike Nichols, May also wrote and directed (in her debut).
The film was a critical success upon its initial release and is now considered a cult classic. However, despite several accolades and award nominations, the film ...
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A New Leaf (1971) is a black comedy film based on a short story by Jack Ritchie, starring Elaine May, Walter Matthau, George Rose and James Coco. Better known for her collaboration as a stage comedienne with The Graduate director Mike Nichols, May also wrote and directed (in her debut).
The film was a critical success upon its initial release and is now considered a cult classic. However, despite several accolades and award nominations, the film fared poorly at the box office and remains little known by the general public.
Henry Graham (Walter Matthau) is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry (James Coco), refuses to give him a dime, and Henry, unwilling to exercise the only solution he sees - suicide - devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler Harold (George Rose): he can obtain money the old-fashioned way - he can marry it.
With a loan from Uncle Harry to...
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