Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues (1988) was Nichols’s first filming of a play by his longtime stage collaborator Simon, who adapted his popular comedy into a more naturalistic period piece about a young man (Matthew Broderick) who comes of age while undergoing army basic training in the 1940s.…

film 1988), which was awarded the Tony for best play; and Broadway Bound (1986; television movie 1992). Subsequent plays included Rumors (1988); Lost in Yonkers (1991; film 1993), which won both a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for best play; and The Dinner Party

…starred in film adaptations of Biloxi Blues (1988) and Torch Song Trilogy (1988). The 1990s, he told The Guardian, were a struggle. “People associated me with younger roles, but I wanted them to come with me and get used to the fact that I’m wrinkly. And it was hard.” Broderick…

…of the Neil Simon play Biloxi Blues (1988), and the crime thriller King of New York (1990). Walken received an Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of a widower who sends for a mail-order bride in the television movie Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991).