A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut, based on the short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie.

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Her dream in life is to discover and catalog a new species of plant, a "new leaf", which would cause her name to be modestly memorialized in the scientific literature.

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Elaine May’s “A New Leaf ” is a love story about these two people, who are in desperate need of each other even if he doesn’t know it. Matthau plays an aging bon vivant who has squandered his fortune …

Henry Graham, a confirmed bachelor with a zest for luxuries, receives the shocking news that he is now broke. Henry’s spirits are low as he returns to his town-house to discuss the situation with his butler, …

Rich asshole Walter Matthau spends himself broke and plots to marry and murder a guileless, graceless botanist who is the heiress to a large fortune to maintain the quality of life he's become accustomed …

Elaine May became the first woman to write, direct and star in a major American studio feature with “A New Leaf.” From the start, the production of the film was riddled with struggles, though ones that …

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut, based on the short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie.