Blake Edwards dark psychological film about the effects of alcoholism on a previously happy marriage, starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. It has been described as "perhaps the most unsparing tract against drink that Hollywood has yet produced, more pessimistic than Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend"". The film gave another major boost to Edwards's reputation as an important director. "Darling Lili" star Julie Andrews married Edwards in 1969. While a few critics such as George Morris thought the film a major picture ("it synthesizes every major Edwards theme: the disappearance of gallantry and honor, the tension between appearances and reality, and the
Todd Edwards (film writer) Todd Edwards (film writer) Todd Edwards is an American film writer/producer, film director, and writer working in Los Angeles. He is also an actor and songwriter/singer who is currently in the band called Blick Van Glory. He was born September 17, 1971 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His first film was "Chillicothe" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999, in which he wrote, directed, and acted. Edwards later served as a co-creator, co-director, writer, actor, and song writer of the animated 2005 film "Hoodwinked!", in conjunction with brother Cory Edwards and Tony Leech and released by The Weinstein Company.