A New Leaf

Opens Friday, May 15, 2026

New 55th Anniversary 4K Restoration!

When useless trust fund baby Henry (Walter Matthau) learns he has outspent his inheritance, he decides to marry rich and sets his sights on Henrietta (Elaine May), a botanist heiress clueless enough to entertain his halfhearted romantic advances. Repulsed by the prospect of wedding the well-meaning but hopelessly awkward and inept Henrietta, Henry resolves to murder his new bride and take her fortune. Showing in a new 55th anniversary 4K restoration, Elaine May’s directorial debut weaves unforgettably mean one-liners (“she has to be vacuumed every time she eats”) and May’s inspired slapstick performance into an acidic, hilariously funny anti-romcom classic.

“Nearly a masterpiece, a film of such wit and comic invention that it belongs among the great American comedies.” – The Village Voice

• Country USA
• Year 1971
• Running Time 102 minutes
• Format 4K Restoration
• Distributor Paramount Pictures
• Director Elaine May
• Writer Elaine May
• Cast Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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