Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman

The film depicts a day and a half in Harry Stoner's life. Harry is down on his luck, and trapped in his own indulgences. He daydreams about his youth, trying to escape from the fact that business is r...( read more  read more... )otten and his company owes bundles of money. His day is filled with unusual episodes as he picks up a hitchhiker/prostitute, arranges for his company's warehouse to burn down so he can collect the insurance-money, he hires strippers for his buddies and gets engaged in an animal rights campaign, a fashion show and experiences a rather uncomfortable flashback to the war.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: John G. Avildsen

Release Date: February 14, 1973

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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005

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  • August 25, 2009
    Lemmon excels in this talky drama.
  • November 23, 2008
    great performance by Lemmon
  • November 21, 2007
    What a performance from Jack Lemmon! Wonderful mid-life crisis acting! A great character study a la Ben Gazzara and now I know where Kevin Spacey got his inspiration from fro 'American Beauty' !
  • November 9, 2007
    Edgy, uncomfortable & gripping.
  • November 8, 2007
    Jack Lemmon gives a fantastic performance in this one. A truly great and interessting film.
  • October 29, 2007
    Excellent. Lemon at his best.
  • July 23, 2007
    Good movie about the breakdown of a wwII vet, but if you're looking for another point, look elsewhere.
  • July 14, 2007
    I can't understand why this film has been so largely forgotten, since it does include one of the strongest performances ever turned in by an actor. I'm not suggesting it is without flaws (the WWII associations seem strained and unnecessary, for example), but I thought the screenp...( read more)lay was otherwise consistently clever and focused. From the moment middle-aged Harry is shown groaning his way out of bed to start the day we detect that his proud, prosperous life is unraveling. If you've ever doubted why Kevin Spacey has been compared to Lemmon, then you need to see this movie. Then, watch "American Beauty" again. I noticed so many parallels between their characters as I was viewing this recently -- notably, both men earned Oscar wins for their portrayals. But understand that "Tiger" lacks the dark satire of "Beauty." This is a drama through-and-through with small bits of levity thrown in. This film considers to what lengths a man will go to ensure that he can continue living the life he has, even if he feels disgusted by what he is required to do in order to make that happen. Harry's respite from his daily pressures is that he fantasizes about an alternate reality that might have seen him playing professional baseball instead of struggling to live up to the success of what the outside world expects from the businessman he unscrupulously became instead.

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