- Kotch
Infobox Film
name = Kotch
image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Jack Lemmon
producer =
writer = adapted byJohn Paxton
from the novel byKatherine Topkins
narrator =
starring =Walter Matthau
Deborah Winters
Felicia Farr
Charles Aidman Ellen Geer
music =
cinematography =
editing =Ralph E. Winters
distributor =United Artists
released =September 17 ,1971
runtime =
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0067314"Kotch" is a 1971, Oscar-nominated comedy film which tells the story of an elderly man who runs away so as not to be put into a nursing home, and strikes up a friendship with a pregnant teenage girl. It stars
Walter Matthau ,Deborah Winters ,Felicia Farr ,Charles Aidman andEllen Geer .The movie was adapted by
John Paxton from the novel byKatherine Topkins . Matthau's friend and frequent costarJack Lemmon directed; it was Lemmon's only film behind the camera.The movie was nominated for
Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Walter Matthau), Best Film Editing (Ralph E. Winters), Best Music, Song (forMarvin Hamlisch andJohnny Mercer for "Life Is What You Make It") and Best Sound.External links
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